Published March 1, 2005
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Journal article
Explaining Gibbsean phase space to second year students
Description
A new approach to teaching introductory statistical physics is presented. We recommend making extensive use of the fact that even systems with a very few degrees of freedom may display chaotic behaviour. This permits a didactic 'bottom-up' approach, starting out with toy systems whose phase space may be depicted on a screen or blackboard, then proceeding to ever higher dimensions in Gibbsean phase space
Availability note (English)
Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0143-0807/26/243/ejp5_2_003.pdf or at the Web site for the journal European Journal of Physics (ISSN 1361-6404) http://www.iop.org/Additional details
Identifiers
- URL
- http://stacks.iop.org/0143-0807/26/243/ejp5_2_003.pdf; http://www.iop.org/;
- DOI
- 10.1088/0143-0807/26/2/003;
- PII
- S0143-0807(05)87617-2;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- European Journal of Physics
- Journal Volume
- 26
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 243-250
- ISSN
- 0143-0807
- CODEN
- EJPHD4
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 36035505
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CHAOS THEORY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; EDUCATION; MANY-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; PHASE SPACE
- Descriptors DEC
- MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MATHEMATICS; SPACE