On the Partition Function of a One-Dimensional Gas

Mark Kac

The Physics of Fluids · 1959 · 216 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

A method is presented for calculating the grand-partition function of a one-dimensional gas with the potential V(x) = + ∞ for 0 ≤ x < δ and V(x) = −α e−γx for x ≥ δ.