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The heat capacity of liquid H4ebelow 0.6Kis proportional to T3, with the measured valueCV/Nk=(T/4.67K)3. This behavior suggests that the dominant excitations at low temperature are long-wavelength photons. The only important difference between photons in a liquid and photons in a solid is that a liquid cannot transmit transversely polarized waves-sound waves must be longitudinal. The speed of sound in liquid He4is 238m/s, and the density is 0.145g/cm3. From these numbers, calculate the photon contribution to the heat capacity ofHe4in the low-temperature limit, and compare to the measured value.

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The photon contribution to the heat capacity of He4in the low-temperature limit is given as C1Nk=T4.64K3

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Step 1. Given information 

The Debye temperature is given as

TD=hcs2k6NÏ€V13

Here, his the Planck's constant, csis the speed of the sound in the liquid, Nis the Avogadro number, V is the volume, and kis the Boltzmann's constant.

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Step 2. Calculating the value of volume V first,

The density of the liquid He4is,ÒÏ=mV

Here, mis the mass of the liquid He4.

Solving the equation for V, V=mÒÏ

Substituting value 4gformand 0.145g/cm3for ÒÏ.

role="math" localid="1647513805305" V=4g0.145g/cm3V=27.6cm31m3106cm3V=2.76×10-5m3

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Step 3. Substituting all the values of h,k,cs,V,N in the Debye temperature formula

Where,

h=6.626×10-34J·scs=238m/sk=1.38×10-23J/KN=6.02×1023V=2.76×10-5m3

so, we get the TD

TD=6.626×10-34J·s(238m/s)21.38×10-23J/K66.02×1023π2.76×10-5m31/3

TD=19.8K

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Step 4. Now finding the energies of the allowed modes .

So, the energies of the allowed modes is given as

U=∑ns∑ny∑nrεn¯PI(ε)

Here, n¯P(ε)is the average Planck's distribution. The number of polarization state tor the lıquid is only 1for the triplet nx,ny,nz.

As, the heat capacity in the low temperature limit for the liquid is equal to 13times of the heat capacity at the lower temperature for the solid as in the formula.

CV=1312Ï€45TTD3Nk

CVNk=4Ï€45TTD3

CVNk=T54Ï€41/319.8K3

=T4.64K3.

Hence,The value of the photon contribution to the heat capacity ofHe4isCVNk=T4.64K3.

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Step 5. The comparison of the measured values are 

The measured value of CVNkfor the heat capacity of He4is T4.67K3. So, the value found in the above is approximately similar with the measured value of the heat capacity for liquidHe4.

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An atomic nucleus can be crudely modeled as a gas of nucleons with a number density of 0.18fm-3(where 1fm=10-15m). Because nucleons come in two different types (protons and neutrons), each with spin 1/2, each spatial wavefunction can hold four nucleons. Calculate the Fermi energy of this system, in MeV. Also calculate the Fermi temperature, and comment on the result.

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(c) Differentiate F with respect to V to obtain the pressure of a photon gas. Check that your result agrees with that of the previous problem.

(d) A more interesting way to calculate F is to apply the formula F=-kTlnZ separately to each mode (that is, each effective oscillator), then sum over all modes. Carry out this calculation, to obtain

F=8πV(kT)4(hc)3∫0∞x2ln1-e-xdx

Integrate by parts, and check that your answer agrees with part (a).

If you have a computer system that can do numerical integrals, it's not particularly difficult to evaluate μfor T>Tc.

(a) As usual when solving a problem on a computer, it's best to start by putting everything in terms dimensionless variables. So define t=T/Tc,c=μ/kTc,andx=ϵ/kTc. Express the integral that defines μ, equation N=∫0∞g(ϵ)1e(ϵ-μ)/kT-1dϵ, in terms of these variables, you should obtain the equation

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(b) According to given figure , the correct value of cwhen T=2Tc, is approximately -0.8. Plug in these values and check that the equation above is approximately satisfied.

(c) Now vary μ, holding Tfixed, to find the precise value of μfor T=2Tc. Repeat for values ofT/Tcranging from 1.2up to 3.0, in increments of 0.2. Plot a graph of μas a function of temperature.

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