California State University Bakersfield Physics Questions Exam Practice I have a 3 question assignment for statistical physics. the book is Pathria statistical mechanics. 5. Let the H = Ho + V be the Hamiltonian of a classical macrosopic system.
(A)(10 pts) Show that the following inequality holds
F < Fo + (V),
(9)
where F is the free energy of the system with Hamiltonian H and Fo is the free energy with Hamil-
tonian Ho. The average (...)o denotes the average over the canonical distribution of the system
with Ho. This inequality is called the Gibbs-Bogoliubov inequality.
(B)[10 pts) We can use the inequality above to estimate F: Suppose that we can compute Fo and
(V)o, then we can estimate the upper-bound of F. Thus, the minimum of Fo + (V)o provides a
good approximation to F. This is the idea of the variational approximation. Let us consider N
non-interacting anharmonic oscillators, whose single particle Hamiltonian is
2
1
H=
1
+
kx² +
2m 2
(10)
where m, k, and a are positive constants. Let us define
Ho
pa
2m
+-Ka?,
(11)
Choose K to obtain the best estimate of F.
6. Consider the Ising model on a 3-dimensional cubic lattice with N sites,
-BH[{0;}]
:£
??, ?? ?; + ????.
(12)
i=1
Here Kij
BJ when i and j are nearest neighbor sites on the cubic lattice, and zero otherwise.
Also, h = BH, where H is the applied magnetic field, and J is the Ising exchange coupling. We want
to apply the results of problem 1 of this exam, to show that mean-field theory can be viewed as the
best "one-body" approximation to the exact partition function, i.e. we use the "non-interacting"
Hamiltonian
- BHo[{0;}] = x;di.
(13)
N
i=1
The Gibbs-Bogoliubov inequality can be written in this case as
(14)
F[Kij,h] = -kBT In Z[Kij,h] < Fo[{X;}] + (H - Ho),
where Fo[{X;}] is the free energy associated with Ho.
(A) [7 pts) Work out explicitly the partition function
??[{X;}] = ?... ???Ho,
(15)
01=+1
on=+1
and (H Holo.
(B) [3 pts) Find an equation for the set of parameters {X;}, in terms of Kij and h, that best
approximate F[Kij, h], according to the Gibbs-Bogoliubov inequality above.
(C) [7 pts) Let us denote by FMFT[Kij, h] the value of the right-hand-side of Eq. (14) for the choice
of the parameters {X;} in part (B). Derive a self-consistent equation for the magnetization
a
m =-B
ah
- FMFt[Kij, h],
(16)
in terms of Kij and h.
(D) [3 pts ] Consider the case when h = 0. Compute the mean-field transition temperature TMFT.
2
+3mw?s?,
4. Consider an ideal bose gas consisting of N particles confined in a 2D harmonic potential. The
single particle Hamiltonian is
pa
1
Wii)
(6)
2m 2
and the total Hamiltonian is ?n = L; (i)
(A) (5 pts) Show that the density of states as a function of energy e can be written as
??
D(E)=
(7)
(kbT)2'
where kb is the Boltzmann's constant, and T is the temperature. What is y? (Note: Measure
the energy from the ground state and ignore the zero-point energy, i.e. the single particle energy
eigenvalues are e(nz, ny) = ?w(nr + ny), where ne and ny are non-negative integers.]
(B) (7 pts) Find the number of particle N as a function of the chemical potential, (T). [You
may leave your answer in terms of a dimensionaless integral, which you don't have to evaluate.]
Show that the integral is bounded from above, implying that the system undergoes a Bose-Einstein
condensation. Find To as a function of N
(C) (8 pts] Show that the number of particles occupying the one-particle ground state approaches
zero as
No(T) = N [1 (T/T.)"],
when T + Tc from below. Find a.
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