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The authors compute the multiplicities (density of states) numerically for an Einstein solid - a collection of identical quantum harmonic oscillators. It is shown that if two such…
D. Stauffer, Am. J. Phys., 76 (4), 470-473 (2007).
The author reviews models of economic opinions, urban segregation, and language change and shows that the two-dimensional Ising model gives about the same results in each case.
F. Herrmann and P. Wurfel, Am. J. Phys., 73 (8), 717-721 (2005).
Thermodynamic states and processes involving light are discussed in which the chemical potential of light is nonzero. Light with nonzero chemical potential is produced in…
C. Kautz, P. Heron, P. Shaffer, and L. McDermott, Am. J. Phys., 73 (11), 1064-1071 (2005).
Evidence from research indicates that many undergraduate science and engineering majors have seriously flawed microscopic models for the pressure and temperature in an ideal gas. In…
