Regarding the entropy of distinguishable particles

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 1047-1062

  Nagle, John F ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

axiomatics; Boltzmann entropy; distinguishability; Gibbs paradox

Indexed keywords

EID: 10344236056     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-004-5715-5     Document Type: Article

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7. It has been nicely emphasized by A. Ben-Naim, Am. J. Phys. 55:725-733 (1987) that the common use of the word 'mixing' is inappropriate because it obscures the fact that the particles really undergo an expansion into a larger volume.
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9. j could be as nearly equal as one pleased, but the particles would still be spectroscopically distinguishable.