.MCAD 301010000 1 74 .CMD PLOTFORMAT 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 2 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 3 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 4 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 5 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 6 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 2 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 3 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 4 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 5 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 6 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 0 21 15 .CMD FORMAT rd=d ct=10 im=i et=3 zt=50 pr=3 mass length time charge .CMD SET ORIGIN 0 .CMD SET TOL 0.001000000000000 .CMD SET PRNCOLWIDTH 8 .CMD SET PRNPRECISION 4 .CMD PRINT_SETUP 1.200000 0 .CMD DEFINE_FONTSTYLE_NAME fontID=0 name=Variables .CMD DEFINE_FONTSTYLE_NAME fontID=1 name=Constants .CMD DEFINE_FONTSTYLE_NAME fontID=2 name=Text .CMD DEFINE_FONTSTYLE_NAME fontID=4 name=User^1 .CMD DEFINE_FONTSTYLE_NAME fontID=5 name=User^2 .CMD DEFINE_FONTSTYLE_NAME fontID=6 name=User^3 .CMD DEFINE_FONTSTYLE_NAME fontID=7 name=User^4 .CMD DEFINE_FONTSTYLE_NAME fontID=8 name=User^5 .CMD DEFINE_FONTSTYLE_NAME fontID=9 name=User^6 .CMD DEFINE_FONTSTYLE_NAME fontID=10 name=User^7 .CMD DEFINE_FONTSTYLE fontID=0 family=Times^New^Roman points=10 bold=0 italic=0 underline=0 .CMD DEFINE_FONTSTYLE fontID=1 family=Times^New^Roman points=10 bold=0 italic=0 underline=0 .CMD DEFINE_FONTSTYLE fontID=2 family=Arial points=10 bold=0 italic=0 underline=0 .CMD DEFINE_FONTSTYLE fontID=4 family=Arial points=10 bold=0 italic=0 underline=0 .CMD DEFINE_FONTSTYLE fontID=5 family=Courier^New points=10 bold=0 italic=0 underline=0 .CMD DEFINE_FONTSTYLE fontID=6 family=System points=10 bold=0 italic=0 underline=0 .CMD DEFINE_FONTSTYLE fontID=7 family=Script points=10 bold=0 italic=0 underline=0 .CMD DEFINE_FONTSTYLE fontID=8 family=Roman points=10 bold=0 italic=0 underline=0 .CMD DEFINE_FONTSTYLE fontID=9 family=Modern points=10 bold=0 italic=0 underline=0 .CMD DEFINE_FONTSTYLE fontID=10 family=Times^New^Roman points=10 bold=0 italic=0 underline=0 .CMD UNITS U=1 .TXT 5 3 0 0 Cg a66.500000,71.000000,104 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {\ul Loschmidt's Conjecture}{, from Problem 22 in Garrod's }{\i Stat Mech & Thermo}{ Book (Oxford '95)}} } .TXT 4 1 0 0 Cg a69.500000,70.000000,140 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {First imagine a gas of one particle in a uniform gravitational field. If the atom has been dropped\par from a height h, it's velocity is...}} } .EQN 4 27 0 0 v(h,x):\(2*g*(h-x)) .TXT 5 -23 0 0 Cg a5.250000,69.000000,8 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {where}} } .EQN 0 8 0 0 g=?(m)/((sec)^(2)) .TXT 0 18 0 0 Cg a21.875000,35.000000,34 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {Time spent per unit length is..}} } .EQN 0 24 0 0 dtdx(h,x):(1)/(v(h,x)) .TXT 5 -47 0 0 Cg a32.500000,71.000000,49 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {while time spend for the whole trip down is...}} } .EQN 0 35 0 0 t(h):\((2*h)/(g)) .TXT 5 -40 0 0 Cg a64.500000,69.000000,99 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {The probability for finding the particle in a height interval dx between 0 and h is therefore...}} } .EQN 4 16 0 0 dpdx(h,x):(dtdx(h,x))/(t(h)) .TXT 0 21 0 0 Cg a2.750000,31.000000,7 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {e.g.}} } .EQN 0 5 0 0 dpdx(10*m,5*m)=?(m)^(-1) .EQN 1 -38 0 0 x:0,.1;9.9 .EQN 2 -9 0 0 &0*(m)/(sec)&v(10*m,x*m)@&&x 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 2 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 3 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 4 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 5 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 6 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 2 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 3 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 4 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 5 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 6 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 21 15 .EQN 0 37 0 0 &0*(m)^(-1)&dpdx(10*m,x*m)@&&x 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 2 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 3 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 4 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 5 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 6 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 2 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 3 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 4 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 5 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 6 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 21 15 .TXT 24 -35 0 0 Cg a69.000000,69.000000,311 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {Now let's imagine that our particle is rather massive, say 250,000 atomic mass units. We choose this value so that the scale height of an atmosphere of these particles will be approximately a meter at room temperature, but we can only pick this number with hindsight which the reader does not have yet. }} } .EQN 10 0 0 0 Avgdro:6.0221367*(10)^(23) .EQN 0 19 0 0 amu:(gm)/(Avgdro) .EQN 0 14 0 0 M:250000*amu .EQN 0 16 0 0 M=?kg .TXT 5 -51 0 0 Cg a30.000000,68.000000,47 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {Kinetic energy as a function of height is,,,}} } .EQN 0 32 0 0 K(h,x):0.5*M*(v(h,x))^(2) .EQN 0 21 0 0 eV:1.60217733*(10)^(-19)*joule .TXT 4 -50 0 0 Cg a38.125000,68.000000,59 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {Average kinetic energy per unit height interval dx is...}} } .EQN 0 41 0 0 dKdx(h,x):K(h,x)*dpdx(h,x) .EQN 3 -43 0 0 &&K(10*m,x*m)@&&x 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 Kinetic Energy vs. Height x 0 2 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 2 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 3 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 4 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 5 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 6 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 2 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 3 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 4 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 5 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 6 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 0 21 15 .EQN 0 35 0 0 &0*(eV)/(m)&dKdx(10*m,x*m)@&&x 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 Energy Density vs. Height 0 2 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 2 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 3 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 4 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 5 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 6 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 2 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 3 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 4 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 5 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 6 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 0 21 15 .TXT 27 -35 0 0 Cg a72.000000,72.000000,458 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {Thus even though the particle spends more time at large heights, the average kinetic energy per unit height interval (i.e. the kinetic energy density) is higher at lower heights. Does this mean the temperature of a gas of such particles will also be higher at lower heights? Since the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution addresses how the velocity of particles in such a gas will be distributed, we turn to that to see wherein and if there is a conflict.}} } .TXT 20 -1 0 0 Cg a62.500000,72.000000,91 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {\ul The 1-Dimensional Maxwell-Boltzmann Isothermal Gas in a Uniform Gravitational Field.}} } .TXT 3 1 0 0 Cg a31.000000,72.000000,46 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {First defining some more units/constants...}} } .EQN 3 0 0 0 nat:1 .EQN 0 9 0 0 bit:ln(2)*nat .EQN 0 14 0 0 byte:8*bit .EQN 0 12 0 0 K:1.380658*(10)^(-23)*(joule)/(nat) .TXT 0 19 0 0 Cg a12.875000,21.875000,21 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {<= redefine Kelvin}} } .EQN 5 -54 0 0 k:1 .EQN 0 8 0 0 k=?(joule)/(nat*K) .TXT 0 18 0 0 Cg a43.875000,45.000000,63 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {<= Boltzmann's Constant is thus simply for units conversion.}} } .TXT 4 -27 0 0 Cg a18.125000,72.000000,26 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {At 0C, kT then becomes:}} } .EQN 3 4 0 0 kT(T):k*T .EQN 0 12 0 0 kT(273.15*K)=?(eV)/(nat) .EQN 0 23 0 0 {0:\b}NAME(T):(1)/(k*T) .EQN 0 11 0 0 {0:\b}NAME(273.15*K)=?(nat)/(eV) .TXT 4 -50 0 0 Cg a16.375000,19.000000,25 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {At room temperature...}} } .EQN 1 21 0 0 T:295.15*K .EQN 0 14 0 0 k*T=?(eV)/(nat) .EQN 0 16 0 0 (1)/(k*T)=?(nat)/(eV) .TXT 5 -51 0 0 Cg a47.625000,71.000000,59 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {Scale Height for our isothermal atmosphere then becomes:}} } .EQN 0 45 0 0 s:(k*T)/(M*g) .EQN 0 10 0 0 s=?m .TXT 6 -54 0 0 Cg a44.125000,72.000000,68 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {If we have one kg of particles, the total number of particles is:}} } .EQN 0 46 0 0 Ntot:(1*kg)/(M) .EQN 0 11 0 0 Ntot=?_n_u_l_l_ .TXT 8 -55 0 0 Cg a18.125000,70.000000,32 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {The distribution itself is...}} } .EQN 0 27 0 0 C:(Ntot*sec)/(3.931*(m)^(2)) .EQN 0 12 0 0 dndxdv(x,v):C*(e)^(-((0.5*M*(v)^(2)+M*g*x)/(k*T))) .EQN 3 15 0 0 3.926*(2.412)/(2.409)=?_n_u_l_l_ .EQN 5 -50 0 0 dndx(x):(0*(m)/(sec)&20*(m)/(sec)`dndxdv(x,v)&v) .EQN 0 31 0 0 dndv(v):(0*m&10*m`dndxdv(x,v)&x) .TXT 8 -30 0 0 Cg a11.500000,65.000000,18 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {Examples are...}} } .EQN 0 28 0 0 dndxdv(.5*m,1*(m)/(sec))=?(sec)/((m)^(2)) .EQN 4 -28 0 0 dndx(1*m)=?(m)^(-1) .EQN 0 29 0 0 dndx(10*m)=?(m)^(-1) .EQN 4 -29 0 0 dndv(1*(m)/(sec))=?(sec)/(m) .EQN 0 29 0 0 dndv(10*(m)/(sec))=?(sec)/(m) .EQN 6 -32 0 0 x:0*m,.5*m;6*m .EQN 1 41 0 0 v:0*(m)/(sec),.5*(m)/(sec);10*(m)/(sec) .EQN 2 -46 0 0 &0*(m)^(-1)&dndx(x)@&&x 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 2 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 3 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 4 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 5 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 6 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 2 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 3 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 4 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 5 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 6 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 23 16 .EQN 1 38 0 0 &0*(sec)/(m)&dndv(v)@&&v 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 2 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 3 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 4 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 5 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 6 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 2 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 3 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 4 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 5 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 6 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 21 15 .EQN 27 -38 0 0 n:(0*(m)/(sec)&20*(m)/(sec)`dndv(v)&v) .EQN 0 21 0 0 n=?_n_u_l_l_ .EQN 0 14 0 0 dedv(v):0.5*M*(v)^(2)*dndv(v) .EQN 7 -22 0 0 ke:(0*(m)/(sec)&20*(m)/(sec)`dedv(v)&v) .EQN 0 23 0 0 ke=?joule .EQN 17 -34 0 0 dedxdv(x,v):0.5*M*(v)^(2)*dndxdv(x,v) .EQN 0 32 0 0 dedx(x):(0*(m)/(sec)&20*(m)/(sec)`dedxdv(x,v)&v) .EQN 11 -23 0 0 v:0*(m)/(sec),0.5*(m)/(sec);20*(m)/(sec) .EQN 1 27 0 0 &0*(joule)/(m)&dedx(x)@&&x 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 2 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 3 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 4 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 5 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 6 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 2 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 3 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 4 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 5 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 6 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 21 15 .EQN 1 -36 0 0 &&dedv(v)@&&v 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 2 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 3 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 4 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 5 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 6 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 2 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 3 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 4 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 5 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 6 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 21 15 .TXT 23 1 0 0 Cg a62.625000,66.000000,92 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {Combining these distributions yields an average energy per particle as a function of x...}} } .EQN 4 -1 0 0 eav(x):(dedx(x))/(dndx(x)) .EQN 0 17 0 0 eav(1*m)=?eV .EQN 0 17 0 0 eav(2*m)=?eV .TXT 0 18 0 0 Cg a3.875000,21.000000,6 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain Note:} } .EQN 0 6 0 0 (1)/(2)*k*T=?eV .EQN 3 -59 0 0 4*(10)^(-21)*joule&0*joule&eav(x)@&&x 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 2 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 3 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 4 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 5 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 6 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 2 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 3 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 4 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 5 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 6 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 21 15 .TXT 1 36 0 0 Cg a34.000000,34.000000,324 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {Hence the range of particle total energies has been chosen so that the average energy per particle (and hence dS/dE) is the same throughout the gas. We examine total energy per particle (or max height h) for different x & v here, & on the next page look at its distribution directly with help of a variable change.}} } .EQN 16 9 0 0 etot(x,v):0.5*M*(v)^(2)+M*g*x .EQN 8 -43 0 0 detotdxdv(x,v):etot(x,v)*dndxdv(x,v) .EQN 0 38 0 0 detotdx(x):(0*(m)/(sec)&20*(m)/(sec)`detotdxdv(x,v)&v) .EQN 10 -41 0 0 detotdv(v):(0*m&10*m`detotdxdv(x,v)&x) .EQN 0 33 0 0 Etot:(0*m&10*m`detotdx(x)&x) .EQN 0 23 0 0 Etot=?joule .EQN 6 -55 0 0 &&detotdx(x)@&&x 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 2 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 3 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 4 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 5 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 6 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 2 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 3 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 4 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 5 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 6 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 21 15 .EQN 0 35 0 0 &&detotdv(v)@&&v 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 2 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 3 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 4 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 5 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 6 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 2 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 3 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 4 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 5 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 6 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 21 15 .TXT 33 -35 0 0 Cg a72.000000,72.000000,627 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {The variable change we seek is from the number of particles with coordinate x and velocity v, to the number of particles with maximum height h, and fractional height in their trajectory f=x/h. These variables are chosen in such a way that the initial distribution may be created in its "noninteracting" equilibrium form simply by dropping our particles from the appropriate distribution of heights at random times. In other words, the energetics are determined by the distribution of heights, while the f variable for a given particle depends simply on the temporal "phase", i.e. on the specific time it was dropped.}} } .TXT 17 0 0 0 Cg a30.875000,72.000000,47 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {The new variables are related to the old by:}} } .EQN 0 36 0 0 h2(x,v):x+((v)^(2))/(2*g) .EQN 0 17 0 0 f2(x,v):(x)/(h2(x,v)) .TXT 5 -32 0 0 Cg a9.375000,72.000000,16 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {Conversely...}} } .EQN 0 15 0 0 x1(h,f):f*h .EQN 0 15 0 0 v1(h,f):\(2*g*h*(1-f)) .TXT 8 -52 0 0 Cg a9.500000,66.000000,17 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {Starting with }} } .EQN 0 10 0 0 n÷(0*m&{0:\¥}NAME*m`(0*(m)/(sec)&{0:\¥}NAME*(m)/(sec)`dndxdv(x,v)&v)&x) .TXT 0 26 0 0 Cg a11.750000,33.000000,18 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {we seek dndhdf:}} } .EQN 0 13 0 0 n÷(0*m&{0:\¥}NAME*m`(0&1`dndhdf(h,f)&f)&h) .TXT 7 -49 0 0 Cg a72.875000,73.000000,212 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {This amounts to switching distribution variables as in Ch. 1 of Garrod. This is neatly done with the Jacobian of the variable change, namely d(x,v)/d(h,f) = -\{gh/[2*(1-f)]\}^0.5. As a result, we can write:}} } .EQN 8 4 0 0 dndhdf(h,f):\((g*h)/(2*(1-f)))*C*(e)^((-M*g*h)/(k*T)) .TXT 0 30 0 0 Cg a10.500000,39.000000,17 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {For example...}} } .EQN 0 12 0 0 dndhdf(1*m,.5)=?(m)^(-1) .TXT 4 -45 0 0 Cg a34.125000,72.000000,51 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {We can then define the marginal distributions...}} } .EQN 5 3 0 0 dndh(h):(0&1`dndhdf(h,f)&f) .EQN 0 34 0 0 dndf(f):(0*m&10*m`dndhdf(h,f)&h) .EQN 5 -35 0 0 h:0*m,0.2*m;10*m .EQN 0 21 0 0 f:0,.02;0.98 .TXT 0 24 0 0 Cg a2.750000,26.000000,7 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {e.g.}} } .EQN 0 5 0 0 dndf(.5)=?_n_u_l_l_ .EQN 1 -16 0 0 &0&dndf(f)@&&f 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 2 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 3 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 4 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 5 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 6 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 2 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 3 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 4 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 5 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 6 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 21 15 .EQN 1 -36 0 0 &&dndh(h)@&&h 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 2 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 3 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 4 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 5 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 6 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 2 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 3 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 4 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 5 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 6 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 21 15 .TXT 23 0 0 0 Cg a72.000000,72.000000,510 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {The left graph here describes the distribution of heights h one must drop particles from if the distribution is to "begin" in its equilibrated or most uncertain form, given the amount of energy available to the gas. We can check the self-consistency of these results in various ways. First, notice the similarity of the graph on the right to the dpdx graph for a single particle gas on the first page of this worksheet. In fact, if we convert f in the graph above to x=hf for a specific value of h...}} } .TXT 11 0 0 0 Cg a27.000000,27.000000,55 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {...for example, using h=scale ht. s to be specific,}} } .EQN 0 30 0 0 x:0*m,0.02*s;.98*s .EQN 2 6 0 0 &0*(m)^(-1)&dpdx(s,x),(dndf((x)/(s)))/(s*n)@&&x 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 2 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 3 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 4 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 5 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 6 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 2 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 3 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 4 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 5 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 6 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 21 16 .EQN 3 -33 0 0 h:s .EQN 0 11 0 0 h=?m .EQN 4 -8 0 0 dpdx(h,(h)/(2))=?(m)^(-1) .EQN 6 0 0 0 (dndf(0.5))/(h*n)=?(m)^(-1) .TXT 5 -6 0 0 Cg a31.375000,67.000000,50 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {They agree in spite of quite different origins!}} } .TXT 9 0 0 0 Cg a70.000000,72.000000,103 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {Secondly, we can integrate the distribution over h to see if we get the correct number of particles:}} } .EQN 6 6 0 0 nh:(0*m&20*m`dndh(h)&h) .EQN 0 25 0 0 nh=?_n_u_l_l_ .EQN 0 20 0 0 n=?_n_u_l_l_ .TXT 6 -49 0 0 Cg a14.125000,70.000000,21 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {Not bad agreement!}} } .TXT 4 -2 0 0 Cg a71.875000,72.000000,124 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {Lastly, we can examine the kinetic energy predicted by Maxwell-Boltzmann as a function of height x=hf in the trajectory.}} } .EQN 6 5 0 0 dKdf(h,f):dndf(f)*M*g*h*(1-f) .TXT 0 31 0 0 Cg a2.750000,36.000000,7 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {e.g.}} } .EQN 0 8 0 0 dKdx(h,(h)/(2))=?(joule)/(m) .EQN 4 -38 0 0 &&dKdx(h,x),(dKdf(h,(x)/(s)))/(h*n)@&&x 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 2 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 3 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 4 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 5 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 6 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 2 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 3 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 4 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 5 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 2 6 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 3 0 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 4 1 0 NO-TRACE-STRING 0 1 21 16 .EQN 4 38 0 0 (dKdf(h,0.5))/(h*n)=?(joule)/(m) .TXT 7 -1 0 0 Cg a18.000000,29.000000,28 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {Does this agree, or what!}} } .TXT 14 -43 0 0 Cg a72.000000,72.000000,507 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {Thus we have the answer. Loschmidt was correct in that any given particle will contribute most of its kinetic energy to motion at low altitudes, relative to its maximum height attainable with the kinetic energy it has. However, the equilibration process, which makes the rearrangement of energy among particles maximally uncertain, results in a distribution of particle total energies which gives rise to uniform dS/dE and hence uniform average kinetic energy per particle as a function of height.}} } .EQN 13 7 0 0 i:0,1;20 .EQN 0 13 0 0 j:0,1;20 .EQN 0 17 0 0 (ndxdv)[(i,j):dndxdv((i)/(20)*5*m,(j)/(20)*10*(m)/(sec)) .EQN 5 -36 0 0 ndxdv{45 35 0 60 90 30 30 0 2 1 0}{57} .EQN 0 37 0 0 (ndhdf)[(i,j):dndhdf((i)/(20)*5*m,(j)/(20)*.99) .EQN 5 0 0 0 ndhdf{45 35 0 60 90 30 30 0 2 1 0}{57} .TXT 32 -36 0 0 Cg a66.250000,70.000000,219 {\rtf1\ansi \deff0 {\fonttbl {\f0\fnil Arial;} } {\plain {Above the x-axis goes along / and the v-axis\par along \\. To the right, the h-axis goes along / \par and the f-axis goes along \\. These plots illustrate the underlying differential distributions in\par both variable sets.}} }