THE CANONICAL PARTITION-FUNCTION FOR QUONS

We calculate the canonical partition function Z(N) for a system of N free particles obeying so-called ''quon'' statistics where q is real and satisfies \q\ < 1 by using simple counting arguments. We observe that this system is afflicted by the Gibbs paradox and that Z(N) is independent of q. We demonstrate that such a system of particles obeys the ideal gas law and that the internal energy U (and hence the specific heat capacity C-V) is identical to that of a system of N free particles obeying Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics.