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What is the goal of stat-thermo
To predict macroscopic thermodynamics of a bulk material from our knowledge of molecular interactions
What is a Fermion
half integer spin, obey Pauli exclusion principle.
electrons, neutrons, protons
What is a Boson
Force carrying particle, photons
What does the boltzman distribution do
gives the most probable population of particles in each energy level at a given temperature

Why is the boltzman distribution important
Converts from microscopic quantum states to macroscopic thermodynamic properties
energy levels -> e,h,s,cp,k_p
What is a partition function
weighted sum over all available energy states
"A measure of the average number of excited states"

Higher energy states in the partition function are...
suppressed by the boltzmann factor
