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Ideal Electron Gas Law in One Dimension

Working in the N;SPMgt;;SPMgt;1 limit, compute the total energy E for N electrons which have been allowed to settle into their lowest energy configuration in an infinite square well potential of size L.

Give the analogue of the idea gas law P=(N/V)KT for this case, namely compute the average force F on the walls of the box in terms of the density tex2html_wrap_inline142 of particles in the box.

Hints: Recall that only two electrons may settle into each state. Also, you may wish to use the sum

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Prof. Tomas Alberto Arias
Sat May 3 22:22:05 EDT 1997