Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
1998-09-07
J.Phys.A32:287-300,1999
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
17 pages, latex2e with iopart
Scientific paper
10.1088/0305-4470/32/2/005
We develop a regularization of the quantum microcanonical ensemble, called a Gaussian ensemble, which can be used for derivation of the canonical ensemble from microcanonical principles. The derivation differs from the usual methods by giving an explanation for the, at the first sight unreasonable, effectiveness of the canonical ensemble when applied to certain small, isolated, systems. This method also allows a direct identification between the parameters of the microcanonical and the canonical ensemble and it yields simple indicators and rigorous bounds for the effectiveness of the approximation. Finally, we derive an asymptotic expansion of the microcanonical corrections to the canonical ensemble for those systems, which are near, but not quite, at the thermodynamical limit and show how and why the canonical ensemble can be applied also for systems with exponentially increasing density of states. The aim throughout the paper is to keep mathematical rigour intact while attempting to produce results both physically and practically interesting.
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