System in contact with a heat bath at fixed (T, V, N). Probability p_i = e^{−βE_i}/Z with Z = Σ e^{−βE_i}, β = 1/k_B T.
Canonical ensemble
Related concepts
- Partition function
- Boltzmann entropy formula
- Grand canonical ensemble
- Detailed balance
- Renormalisation group
- Monte Carlo methods (physics)
- Gibbs ensembles (μC/C/GC)
- Equipartition theorem
- Eyring 1935: k(T) = (k_B T/h)·exp(−ΔG‡/RT)
- Langmuir isotherm: θ(p) = Kp/(1 + Kp)
- Boltzmann distribution: N_i/N = g_i exp(-E_i/kT) / Z (equilibrium populations)
- QHO partition function: Z = 1/(2 sinh(β ℏω/2)) per normal mode