1. Exam I results

3. Low-Temperature CV of Metals (review of exam II)
From:
T. W. Tsang et al. Phys. Rev. B31, 235 (1985)

4. Review EXAM II Fermion ideal gas Boson ideal gas T < TB Chapter 9:
Degenerate Quantum gases.
The occupation number formulation of many body systems.
Applications of degenerate Fermi systems (metals, White Dwarves, Neutron Stars)
Physical meaning of the Fermi Energy (temperature) and Bose Temperature
Bose-Einstein Condensation
Temperature dependence of the chemical potential
Fermion ideal gas
Only for T<<TF
Boson ideal gas
T < TB

5. Review EXAM II Chapter 6:
Converting sums to integrals (Density of States) for massive and massless particles
Photon and Phonon Gases
Debye and Planck models
Occupation number for bosons
Specific heat associated with atomic vibrations (Debye model)
Debye model
for solids
(note: this ignores
Zero-point motion)

6. CALM
What physics contributes to the “internal partition functions” (Z(int)) that appear in and
It's all the internal energy such as rotational and vibrational bonding energy.
The internal partition function is a representation of the part of the partition function that is engendered due to energy of the a particle that is non-translational (like vibration and spin).
Z(int) refers to the partition function for the portion of a molecule's energy due to it's internal condition, vibration, etc, i.e. everything except the overall motion of the molecular CM.
The above all sound pretty much alike, but I like the way that the third really emphasizes the idea that it is EVERYTHING aside from translation! Rotation and vibration are often emphasised most; but electronic ground state (AND EXCITED STATES SOME TIMES!), spin, etc. also contribute.

7. Heat Capacity of diatomic gases
Note: the temperature scale is hypothetical

8. Interaction between spin and rotation for homonuclear mol.
See the following applet to see the effect of nuclear statistics on the heat capacity of hydrogen:

9. Example 11.9 from Baierlein
A gas of the HBr is in thermal equilibrium. At what temperature will the population of molecules with J=3 be equal to the population with J=2?
(NOTE: HBr has Qr=12.2K. )

10. Internal dynamics of diatomic molecules

11. Hydrogen ionization; Saha eqn

12. CALM
Deuterium (D) is a hydrogen atom with a nucleus with spin=1 (one proton and one neutron), as opposed to the more common hydrogen atom with nuclear spin=1/2. What qualitative differences might you expect to see in the rotational partition functions of the molecules H2, D2, and HD?
Most responses focused on a quantitative aspect (difference in spin degeneracy factor), but only a few realized that the Fermion/Boson nature has a significant difference as outlined in the text on page 255.