Callen H.B - Thermodynamics And An Introduction To Thermostatistics · Problem 16.2-3

THE CANONICAL FORMALISM; STATISTICAL MECHANICS IN HELMHOLTZ REPRESENTATION

Physics — Statistical Mechanics · partition-sum-factorizability-conditions

Problem

Is the energy additive over the particles of a gas if the particles are uncharged mass points (with negligible gravitational interaction)? Is the partition sum factorizable if half the particles carry a positive electric charge and half carry a negative electric charge? Is the partition sum factorizable if the particles are ``fermions'' obeying the Pauli exclusion principle (such as neutrinos)?

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