Homework 1

1. Solve problem 2 in Chapter 8 of your textbook. 2. Solve problem 7 in Chapter 8 of your textbook. 3. Solve problem 9 in Chapter 8 of your textbook. 4. Let's consider a black body in two-dimension. Suppose is the energy density per nuit volume emitted by a black body in the wavelength range to . At what approximation ) 5. Let's consider the Debye model of two-dimensional solid surface. Derive the heat capacity of the solid surface. (the number of atoms N, the temperature T, the speed of sound , the area A. 6. Black body radiation can be described with a model of a photon gas in a cavity. The total energy of the photon gas is U and the volume is V. Express the answers in terms of U, V. 1) What is a pressure of the photon gas? 2) What is a entropy of the photon gas? 3) The cavity is expanded adiabatically and the volume changes from V to 2V. What is the total energy of the gas after the expansion? (Hint : One way to solve the problems is using a thermal dynamical equation related to the first law of thermodynamics) wavelength does have its maximum value? use an