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Classical ideal gas in a homogeneous soft trap (Z1​=VIn​(kT)3/2+3/(2n))

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For the potential U=r2n/V2n/3, rescaling r=V1/3(kT)1/(2n)u in the classical one-particle partition function gives the formula above. The parameter-conjugate force is P=NkT/V, the internal energy is (3/2+3/(2n))NkT, and CP​−CV​=Nk. The kinetic term contributes 3NkT/2, while the potential term contributes 3NkT/(2n). For indistinguishable particles the N! factor changes free energy and entropy but not these force and heat-capacity formulas.

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