Difference between revisions of "Thermodynamics of Black-Body Radiation"
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Find the number of photons with frequencies in the interval $[\omega ,\omega +d\omega]$. | Find the number of photons with frequencies in the interval $[\omega ,\omega +d\omega]$. | ||
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Find the total number of photons. | Find the total number of photons. | ||
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What is this number for a gas oven at room temperature and at maximum heat? | What is this number for a gas oven at room temperature and at maximum heat? | ||
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| − | === Problem 5 === | + | === Problem 5: energy distribution === |
What is the energy of photons with frequencies in the interval $[ \omega ,\omega +d\omega]$? | What is the energy of photons with frequencies in the interval $[ \omega ,\omega +d\omega]$? | ||
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Calculate the free energy, entropy and total energy of black-body radiation. | Calculate the free energy, entropy and total energy of black-body radiation. | ||
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Calculate the thermal capacity of black-body radiation. | Calculate the thermal capacity of black-body radiation. | ||
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Find the pressure of black-body radiation and construct its state equation. | Find the pressure of black-body radiation and construct its state equation. | ||
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Find the adiabatic equation for the black-body radiation. | Find the adiabatic equation for the black-body radiation. | ||
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Why CMB cannot be used to warm up food like in the microwave oven? | Why CMB cannot be used to warm up food like in the microwave oven? | ||
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The binding energy of electron in the hydrogen atom equals to $13.6\ | The binding energy of electron in the hydrogen atom equals to $13.6\ | ||
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Revision as of 11:39, 15 October 2012
Contents
- 1 Problem 1: chemical potential
- 2 Problem 2: number density distribution
- 3 Problem 3 total number
- 4 Problem 4: gas oven
- 5 Problem 5: energy distribution
- 6 Problem 6: thermodynamic potentials
- 7 Problem 7: thermal capacity
- 8 Problem 8: pressure
- 9 Problem 9: adiabatic equation
- 10 Problem 10: CMB as microwave
- 11 Problem 11: Planck distribution
Problem 1: chemical potential
Show that the photon gas in thermal equilibrium has zero chemical potential.
In the next 4 problems we consider some volume $V$, filled with black-body radiation of temperature $T$.
Problem 2: number density distribution
Find the number of photons with frequencies in the interval $[\omega ,\omega +d\omega]$.
Problem 3 total number
Find the total number of photons.
Problem 4: gas oven
What is this number for a gas oven at room temperature and at maximum heat?
Problem 5: energy distribution
What is the energy of photons with frequencies in the interval $[ \omega ,\omega +d\omega]$?
Problem 6: thermodynamic potentials
Calculate the free energy, entropy and total energy of black-body radiation.
Problem 7: thermal capacity
Calculate the thermal capacity of black-body radiation.
Problem 8: pressure
Find the pressure of black-body radiation and construct its state equation.
Problem 9: adiabatic equation
Find the adiabatic equation for the black-body radiation.
Problem 10: CMB as microwave
Why CMB cannot be used to warm up food like in the microwave oven?
The relic radiation, or CMB, corresponds to the black-body radiation with temperature $T_{CMB}=2.725\:K.$ According to the main principle of thermodynamics, heat cannot transfer from a less heated body to more heated one, and thus the body (food in our case), which initially had temperature $T_0>T_{CMB},$ will emit more energy in the environment then absorb back, until the equilibrium installs with the CMB radiation at temperature $T_{CMB}.$
Problem 11: Planck distribution
The binding energy of electron in the hydrogen atom equals to $13.6\ eV$. What is the temperature of the Planck distribution with this average photon energy?
The Planck distribution has maximum at frequency $\omega_m = 2.822 kT/\hbar.$ Then one obtains $ kT = 13.6/2.822 = 4.82\mbox{eV}$ and $T\approx 5.6 \cdot {10^4}\mbox{K}$.
