Glossary
Bose-Einstein mean occupation number
the average number of quanta (phonons, photons) in the oscillator at temperature $T$.
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Quantum Mechanics
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Case Study 1: Thermal States and Statistical Mechanics
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$-mc^2\alpha^2/(2n^2) = -13.6\,\text{eV}/n^2$
$mc^2$
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1. Delft (Hensen et al., Nature 526, 682, 2015)
1. Electron lines (solid lines with arrows):
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