Approaching the thermodynamic limit of an ideal gas
For a gas confined in a container, particle–wall interactions produce modifications to the partition function involving the average surface density of gas particles. While such correlations have a vanishing effect in the thermodynamic limit, examining them is beneficial for a sharper understanding of how the limit is attained. We contrast a classical and a quantum model of particle–wall correlations within the canonical ensemble.
Authors
- Brian C. Tiburzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8696-2902)
- Prabal Adhikari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1322-6119)
- Sona Baghiyan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9044-0250)
Institutions
- The Graduate Center, CUNY (US)
- City College of New York (US)
- University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
- City University of New York (US)
- St. Olaf College (US)
- Kavli Institute for Theoretical Sciences (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Physics
- Published
- 2025-11-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0200913
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Office of Science
- Nuclear Physics