Posted by Toby on January 28, 2014, 3:41 pm, in reply to "Re: Debye Heat Capacity"
Yes that does help. I've also just read something in the book which has clarified a point that was adding to my confusion - in the Einstein model I though the simple harmonic oscillator being discussed was a particle in a potential well, but if I understand you correctly then the mathematical "mode" \omega arrises physically because of the N atoms/particles that transport the wave? And so summing over all modes is automatically summing over all particles in the system?
Thanks for your help
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