Callen H.B - Thermodynamics And An Introduction To Thermostatistics · Problem 16.3-2

THE CANONICAL FORMALISM; STATISTICAL MECHANICS IN HELMHOLTZ REPRESENTATION

Physics — Statistical Mechanics · rotational-helmholtz-euler-mclaurin

Problem

Calculate the rotational contribution to the Helmholtz potential per molecule by evaluating the first two terms of equation 16.29 explicitly and by integrating over the remaining terms. For this purpose note that the leading terms in the Euler-McLaurin sum formula are ∑j=0∞f(j)≈∫0∞f(θ) dθ+12f(0)−112f′(0)+⋯\sum_{j=0}^{\infty} f(j) \approx \int_0^{\infty} f(\theta)\,d\theta + \frac{1}{2}f(0) - \frac{1}{12}f'(0) + \cdots where f′f' denotes the derivative of f(θ)f(\theta).

Related theory

Browse the problem library