Consider a system containing N distinct, stationary and non-interacting particles. Each atom has only two energy levels 0 and ξ>0. If the average energy per atom E/N for N is close to 0 determine (a). Sum of microstates (b) entropy per atom

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Consider a system containing N distinct, stationary and non-interacting particles. Each atom has only two energy levels 0 and ξ>0. If the average energy per atom E/N for N is close to 0 determine (a). Sum of microstates (b) entropy per atom
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