Problem 6.3 (Schroeder’s Intro to Thermal Physics)

Problem 6.3

Consider a hypothetical atom that has just two states: a ground state with energy zero and an excited state with energy 2 eV. Draw a graph of the partition function for this system as a function of temperature, and evaluate the partition function numerically at T = 300 K, 3000 K, 30,000 K, and 300,000 K.

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