Thermodynamics, Statistical Physics, and Quantum Mechanics

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240 SOLUTIONS


c)The heat capacity may be written as the integral


Substituting into (S.4.105.8), we have


Using the heat capacity at zero magnetic field, and
(S.4.105.12) in (S.4.105.11), we obtain


The temperature may be written so for our adiabatic process


The integrand in (S.4.105.14) is found by substituting into
(S.4.105.10):


So, for a process at constant entropy, we may write


Rearranging and integrating give


and


d) A possible route to zero temperature is illustrated in FigureS.4.105.
During leg 1 the paramagnetic sample is kept in contact with a reservoir
at a low temperature, and the magnetic field is raised from 0 to The
contact with the reservoir is then removed, and the field is reduced to zero
along leg 2. The sample is thereby cooled.

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