Solving Low Temperature Specific Heat Capacity: Stat Mech Question

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This will give you the specific heat capacity at low temperatures. In summary, the specific heat capacity of a system of lightlike particles in two dimensions with energy spectrum /omega = ak^3 can be found by evaluating the integral Z = /integral from -inf to inf of exp[-/beta /omega] d, and then differentiating with respect to β and T.
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Consider a system of lightlike particles in two dimensions with energy spectrum /omega = ak^3. What is the specific heat capacity at low temperatures?

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Is this as simple as Z = /integral from -inf to inf of exp[-/beta /omega] d, followed by the standard differentiating with respect to beta to find U and then differentiating with respect to T to get Cv?

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Yes, that is correct. You will need to evaluate the integral first before differentiating with respect to β and T.
 

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What is specific heat capacity?

Specific heat capacity is the amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of a material by one degree Celsius per unit mass.

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