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Hint: What kind of particles obey Bose-Einstein statistics? What kind of 'particles' are phonons?
### Subquestion 2
Group velocity is given as $v=\hbar^{-1}\frac{\partial E}{\partial k}$ with $E=\hbar\omega$ and $g(\omega) = \frac{dN}{d\omega} = \frac{dN}{dk}\frac{dk}{d\omega}$. So we find: $$ v(k) = \frac{a}{2}\sqrt{\frac{2\kappa}{m}}\frac{\sin(ka)}{\sqrt{1-\cos(ka)}}$$ $$ g(\omega) = \frac{L}{2\pi}\frac{d}{d\omega} \bigg [\frac{2}{a}\sin^{-1}\bigg(\sqrt{\frac{m}{\kappa}}\frac{\omega}{2} \bigg) \bigg ] \\ = \frac{L}{\pi a} \frac{1}{\sqrt{\frac{4\kappa}{m}-\omega^2}}$$
Hint: The group velocity is given as $v = \frac{d\omega}{dk}$, draw a coordinate system **under** or **above** the dispersion graph with $k$ on the x-axis in which you draw $\frac{d\omega}{dk}$. Draw a coordinate system **next** to the dispersion with *$g(\omega)$ on the y-axis* in which you graph $\big(\frac{d\omega}{dk}\big)^{-1} \approx \frac{1}{\frac{d\omega}{dk}}$.
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## Exercise 2: Vibrational heat capacity of a 1D monatomic chain
### Subquestion 1
For the energy we have: $$U = \int \hbar \omega g(\omega) (n(\omega,T) + \frac{1}{2})d\omega$$ with $g(\omega)$ as in Exercise 1 subquestion 2 and $n(\omega,T) = \frac{1}{e^{\hbar\omega/k_BT}-1}$.
### Subquestion 2
For the heat capacity we have: $$C = \frac{\partial U}{\partial T} = \int g(\omega) \hbar\omega \frac{\partial n(\omega,T)}{\partial T}d\omega$$
## Exercise 3: Next-nearest neighbors chain
### Subquestion 1
The Schrödinger equation is given as: $|\Psi\rangle = \sum_n \phi_n |n\rangle$ such that we find $$ E\phi_n = E_0\phi_n - t\phi_{n-1} - t\phi_{n+1} - t'\phi_{n-2} - t'\phi_{n+2}$$