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Understanding the temperature and the chemical potential using computer simulations

Jan Tobochnik, Harvey Gould, Jonathan Machta

physics.ed-pharXiv:physics/0411161

Abstract

Several Monte Carlo algorithms and applications that are useful for understanding the concepts of temperature and chemical potential are discussed. We then introduce a generalization of the demon algorithm that measures the chemical potential and is suitable for simulating systems with variable particle number.

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