Canonical Ensemble — CSIR Net PYQ (Question 1)

A Canonical Ensemble previous-year question (PYQ) from Statistical Mechanics (CSIR Net). Read the question, check the correct answer, then practise the full topic.

Question 1 of 36 · 3.5 marks

For a system of independent non interacting one-dimensional oscillators, the value of the free energy per oscillator, in the limit

T \to 0

, is

1 $\frac{1}{2} ℏ ω$
2 $ℏ ω$
3 $\frac{3}{2} ℏ ω$
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