Callen H.B - Thermodynamics And An Introduction To Thermostatistics · Problem 18.3-2

QUANTUM FLUIDS

Physics — Statistical Mechanics · thermal-wavelength-interpretation

Problem

Validate the interpretation of λT\lambda_T as the ``thermal wavelength'' by identifying the wavelength with the momentum pp by the quantum mechanical definition p=h/λp = h/\lambda, and by comparing the energy p2/2mp^2/2m to kBTk_BT.

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