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Thermodynamics Of A Free Q Fermion Gas, Asim Gangopadhyaya
Thermodynamics Of A Free Q Fermion Gas, Asim Gangopadhyaya
Asim Gangopadhyaya
We study the thermodynamics of a q-fermion gas for complex values of q on the unit circle. Special emphasis is given to the study of the virial coefficients and the specific heat of this gas. In particular, it is shown that if any state can accommodate up to p q-fermions, then the first p virial coefficients of such a gas are the same as that of a gas of free bosons. Explicit expressions for the deviation of higher virial coefficients from the corresponding values for a Bose gas are obtained. Further, as for ordinary fermions, it is shown that the …