Addressing student difficulties with statistical mechanics: The boltzmann factor

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1289, Issue , 2010, Pages 305-308

  Smith, Trevor I ^a   Thompson, John R ^a,b   Mountcastle, Donald B ^a  

^a University of Maine ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Boltzmann Factor; Physics Education Research; Statistical Mechanics; Thermal Physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951971281     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3515230     Document Type: Conference Paper

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