About a term in Boltzmann distribution?

Question

all the equation i've seen has 1/kT, but does that mean (1/k)*T or 1/(k*T)? PS. k is suppose to be Boltzmann constant.

Answer 1

The term 1/kT is 1 divided by (kT).

"kT" is often called the "kinetic temperature" (which is a measure of energy level) of a hot gas or plasma.

"k" is indeed the Boltzmann Constant, which relates kinetic energy to temperature. It is 8.617 ×10^(−5) electron-volts per Kelvin.

Example, a plasma 11,600 K in temperature has an energy level of about 1 eV.

Answer 2

1/(kT) , where kT has units of energy, often eV.

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