INVESTIGADORES
CONDAT Carlos Alberto
artículos
Título:
Specific heat revisited
Autor/es:
C.A. PIZARRO; C.A. CONDAT; P.W. LAMBERTI; D.P. PRATO
Revista:
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
Editorial:
American Association of Physics Teachers
Referencias:
Año: 1996 vol. 64 p. 736 - 744
ISSN:
0002-9505
Resumen:
The correlation between potential shape and specific heat is generally absent from textbook discussions. We present a detailed analysis of the specific heat contribution due to independent particles subject to one-dimensional classical and quantum model potentials. For the classical models, we use phase space concepts to develop a clear physical interpretation of the temperature dependence of the specific heat. For the quantum models, we make the interpretation in terms of the differences in quantum levels.
