-What is an orbital?
-From the viewpoint of statistical physics, what is the main
difference between bosons and fermions?
-Give us some example for fermions and bosons.
-What is the meaning of f(e) in the Fermi-Dirac and
Bose-Einstein distribution functions?
-How many terms are in the Gibbs sum for one orbital in the case
of the Fermi-Dirac distribution?
-How many terms are in the Gibbs sum for one orbital in the case
of the Bose-Einstein distribution?
-What is the Fermi level? What is the difference between the
Fermi level and Fermi energy? Which one depends on
temperature?
- At T=0 K temperature how
does the orbital occupancy look like (discuss the case of fermions and bosons separately) ?
-On the same orbitals we place separately the same number of
bosons and fermions. In which case will the thermal average energy
be higher? (the temperature is the same in both cases)
-In which limit does the Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac
distribution become identical?
- How do we define the
classical regime?
- How will one obtain the
classical distribution function from the Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein distribution functions?
- In which limit will the
quantum nature of particles become important?