Why do we prefer to write free energies as functions of particular state variables?
123746
Understanding "natural variables" of the thermodynamic potentials using the example of the ideal gas
19783
Why does a system try to minimize potential energy?
75817
Why does the Coarse-grained Entropy increase?
45244
Why the statement "there exist at least one bound state for negative/attractive potential" doesn't hold for 3D case?
105751
Why use coherent state path integral? What is its motivation or goal?
60045
Temperature and kinetic energy of molecules
36380
Why not use the Lagrangian, instead of the Hamiltonian, in nonrelativistic QM?
33126
Why does the Boltzmann factor $e^{-E/kT}$ seem to imply that lower energies are more likely?
143157
Perturbation theory: justifying expansion in terms of eigenstates of the basis Hamiltonian
78450
Energy cut-off test meaning in atomic-like basis functions' DFT
145626
Normalisation of free particle wavefunction
53995
Explain difference between internal energy and enthalpy
39877
Bond energy and tempetature
31979
Notation: Why write the differential first?
116033
Energy conservation limited by uncertainty principle
28062
Something special about energy eigenstates when it comes to time evolution?
100638
Why isn't the entropy of gas infinite if there are infinite microstates available?