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Thermodynamic Ensemble Transforms

Microcanonical, canonical and grand canonical partition functions are linked by Laplace transforms in energy EE and particle number NN, while their intensive thermodynamic potentials (entropy per particle, free energy per particle, grand potential per volume) are linked by the corresponding Legendre transforms.


Thermodynamic Ensemble Transforms

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thermo-ensemble-trafos.typ (39 lines)
#import "@preview/cetz:0.5.3": canvas, draw
#import draw: content, line, set-style

#set page(width: auto, height: auto, margin: 8pt, fill: none)
#set text(size: 12pt)

#canvas({
  set-style(
    content: (frame: "rect", stroke: none, padding: 0.2),
    mark: (end: "stealth", fill: black),
  )
  // Microcanonical, canonical and grand canonical columns: partition function above its intensive potential.
  for (idx, (top, partition, ensemble, bottom, potential, potential-name)) in (
    ("Zm", $Z_m (E)$, [microcanonical], "Sm", $sigma = S_m \/ N$, [entropy per particle]),
    ("Zc", $Z_c (beta)$, [canonical], "F", $f = F \/ N$, [free energy per particle]),
    ("Zg", $Z_g (mu)$, [grand canonical], "O", $Omega \/ V$, [grand potential per volume]),
  ).enumerate() {
    content((5.5 * idx, 0), partition, name: top)
    content((5.5 * idx, -2), potential, name: bottom)
    line(top, bottom)
    // Name each ensemble's partition function and intensive potential in words
    content(top + ".north", text(fill: gray.darken(40%), ensemble), anchor: "south", padding: 0)
    content(
      bottom + ".south",
      text(fill: gray.darken(40%), potential-name),
      anchor: "north",
      padding: 0,
    )
  }
  for (from, to, label, anchor) in (
    ("Zm", "Zc", [Laplace in $E$], "north"),
    ("Zc", "Zg", [Laplace in $N$], "north"),
    ("Sm", "F", [Legendre in $epsilon = E \/ N$], "south"),
    ("F", "O", [Legendre in $rho = N \/ V$], "south"),
  ) {
    line(from, to)
    content((from, 50%, to), label, anchor: anchor)
  }
})