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Encyclopedia > Thermodynamic beta

In statistical mechanics, thermodynamic beta is defined as the inverse of the product of the temperature of a macroscopic system and the Boltzmann constant: Statistical mechanics is the application of statistics, which includes mathematical tools for dealing with large populations, to the field of mechanics, which is concerned with the motion of particles or objects when subjected to a force. ... Temperature is the physical property of a system which underlies the common notions of hot and cold; the material with the higher temperature is said to be hotter. ... The Boltzmann constant (k or kB) is the physical constant relating temperature to energy. ...

beta=frac{1}{k_B T}

Thermodynamic beta serves as a theoretical connection between the microscopic picture of a physical system, and the macroscopic picture of the system. Thermodynamics (from the Greek thermos meaning heat and dynamis meaning power) is a branch of physics that studies the effects of temperature on physical systems at the macroscopic scale. ...


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