written by
Wolfgang Christian, Trisha Salagaram, and Nithaya Chetty
The Microcanonical Entropy model considers an isolated system consisting of N identical, non-interacting quantum particles with energy E. We wish to determine the entropy of the system S(N,E). For fixed total energy E, we compute the entropy by considering a system of N distinguishable particles to be composed of a subsystem of (N - 1) particles and a subsystem of 1 particle. The model displays the entropy S(N,E) and the computation time as users vary the number of particles N and the total energy E. This model is a supplemental simulation for the article "Enhancing the understanding of entropy through computation" in the American Journal of Physics 79(11), 1127-1132 (2011).
The Microcanonical Entropy model was developed by Wolfgang Christian, Trisha Salagaram, and Nithaya Chetty using the Easy Java Simulations (EJS) modeling tool. It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive. Double clicking the ejs_stp_MicrocanonicalEntropy.jar file will run the program if Java is installed.
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at least version 1.5 of Java.
Microcanonical Entropy Source Code
The source code zip archive contains an EJS-XML representation of the Microcanonical Entropy Model. Unzip this archive in your EJS workspace to compile and run this model using EJS. download 376kb .zip
Last Modified: August 8, 2011
<a href="https://www.compadre.org/OSP/items/detail.cfm?ID=11380">Christian, W, T. Salagaram, and N. Chetty. "Microcanonical Entropy Model." Version 1.0.</a>
W. Christian, T. Salagaram, and N. Chetty, Computer Program MICROCANONICAL ENTROPY MODEL, Version 1.0 (2011), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11380&DocID=2389).
W. Christian, T. Salagaram, and N. Chetty, Computer Program MICROCANONICAL ENTROPY MODEL, Version 1.0 (2011), <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11380&DocID=2389>.
Christian, W., Salagaram, T., & Chetty, N. (2011). Microcanonical Entropy Model (Version 1.0) [Computer software]. Retrieved September 14, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11380&DocID=2389
Christian, W, T. Salagaram, and N. Chetty. "Microcanonical Entropy Model." Version 1.0. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11380&DocID=2389 (accessed 14 September 2024).
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Author = "Wolfgang Christian and Trisha Salagaram and Nithaya Chetty",
Title = {Microcanonical Entropy Model},
Month = {August},
Year = {2011}
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