Isothermal-isobaric ensemble

The isothermal-isobaric ensemble has the following variables:

• $N$ is the number of particles
• $p$ is the pressure
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The classical partition function, for a one-component atomic system in 3-dimensional space, is given by

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where

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• Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \beta := \frac{1}{k_B T} } , where $k_{B}$ is the Boltzmann constant

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• Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \left( R^* \right)^{3N} } represent the reduced position coordinates of the particles; i.e. Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \int d ( R^*)^{3N} = 1 }

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Related reading

• Daan Frenkel and Berend Smit "Understanding Molecular Simulation: From Algorithms to Applications", Second Edition (2002) ISBN 0-12-267351-4