An experiment to demonstrate the canonical distribution

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1129-1131

  Sturge, M D ^a   Toh, Song Bac ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ORACLE CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 0345913407     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.19096     Document Type: Article

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10. Because this experiment has vanished from the current catalog, we refrain from citing the manufacturer.
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