Energy Level Diagrams and Curly Bracket Notation

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Energy Level Diagrams and Curly Bracket
Notation A system consists of 6 particles. The
system has 10 units of energy e. Consider the
following description of the macrostate of the
system 2 particles dont have any energy, 1
particle has 1 unit of energy, 2 particles have
2 units of energy, and 1 particle has 5 units of
energy.
What is the curly bracket notation for this
macrostate?
What does the energy level diagram for this
system look like?
2, 1, 2, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0,
E5 5e __________ n5 E4 4e __________ n4 E3
3e __________ n3 E2 2e __________ n2 E1
1e __________ n1 E0 0e __________ n0
1 0 0 2 1 2
1 0 1 1 1 2
Rules Total Number of Particles
Total Energy
CT 20.2