Boltzmann distribution

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The Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution function is a function f(E) which gives the probability that a given particle has the energy E. This distribution is classical and is used to describe identical but distinguishable particles.

f(E)=1Aexp[E/kBT]

where A is a normalisation constant.