2009•Unpublished venueRequires access
Temperature and the Boltzmann factor
Stephen J. Blundell, Katherine M. Blundell
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Abstract
Abstract This chapter explores the concept of temperature and shows how it can be defined in a statistical manner. This leads to the idea of a Boltzmann distribution and a Boltzmann factor. These ideas are used to define the temperature of a system from a statistical perspective and hence derive the Boltzmann distribution. This distribution describes how a thermal system behaves when it is placed in thermal contact with a large thermal reservoir.