Timeline for How does that Boltzmann distribution interact with entropy?
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| Nov 5, 2013 at 11:43 | answer | added | lionelbrits | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 5, 2013 at 10:58 | comment | added | Sideshow Bob | Surely all particles having the same energy is the maximum possible as for (say) n particles and n quanta of energy there are $n!$ ways the quanta could be assigned to the particles, that all look like all particles having the same energy. | |
| Nov 5, 2013 at 10:27 | answer | added | gatsu | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 4, 2013 at 18:02 | comment | added | Trimok | "...This happens when all particles have the same energy,....". No, having the same energy means a very ordered system, so with a very low entropy. At the contrary, a maximum entropy means a repartition between all possible energy levels, compatible with the external constraints. The exact form of the repartition depends on the external constraints (temperature, etc...) | |
| Nov 4, 2013 at 15:51 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackPhysics/status/397390737882775552 | ||
| Nov 4, 2013 at 14:44 | comment | added | Nikolaj-K | "This happens when all particles have the same energy" ... I think your confusion is here. The individual particles energies are secondary. | |
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| Nov 4, 2013 at 14:12 | answer | added | Ignacio Vergara Kausel | timeline score: 2 | |
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| Nov 4, 2013 at 14:05 | history | asked | Sideshow Bob | CC BY-SA 3.0 |