Isothermal-isobaric ensemble
Variables:
- N (Number of particles)
- p (Pressure)
- T (Temperature)
- V (Volume)
The classical partition function, for a one-component atomic system in 3-dimensional space, is given by
Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle Q_{NpT} = \frac{\beta p}{\Lambda^3 N!} \int_{0}^{\infty} d V V^{N} \exp \left[ - \beta p V \right] \int d ( R^*)^{3N} \exp \left[ - \beta U \left(V,(R^*)^{3N} \right) \right] }
where
- Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \beta = \frac{1}{k_B T} } ;
- Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \Lambda } is the de Broglie wavelength
- Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \left( R^* \right)^{3N} } represent the reduced position coordinates of the particles; i.e. Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle \int d(R^{*})^{3N}=1}
References
- D. Frenkel and B. Smit, "Understanding Molecular Simulation: From Alogrithms to Applications", Academic Press