Paper 1, Section II, A
Part II, 2020
Using the notion of entropy, show that two systems that can freely exchange energy reach the same temperature. Show that the energy of a system increases with temperature.
A system consists of distinguishable, non-interacting spin atoms in a magnetic field, where is large. The energy of an atom is if the spin is up and if the spin is down. Find the entropy and energy if a fraction of the atoms have spin up. Determine as a function of temperature, and deduce the allowed range of . Verify that the energy of the system increases with temperature in this range.