Suppose we have an adiabatic container with N ideal gas particles, and each particle consists of two identical atoms so that each possesses a vibrational mode. For simplicity, let us assume that the vibrational modes are approximated by harmonic oscillators. In other words, we have N ideal gases and, simultaneously, N harmonic oscillators in the container.
If we exert an external force to compress the container, some amount of work will be transferred into the container, increasing total kinetic energy of ideal gases. In other words, the number of allowable microstates in a momentum phase space of the gases increases. On the other hand, the shirinkage of a coordinate phase space (= reduced volume) cancels out the expansion of the momentum phase space. Thus, the total number of microstates of the container does not change, resulting in no change in entropy of the container, i.e. dS=kB(dlnΩ)=1T(dE+PdV−μdN−fdX)=0
However, suppose that we radiate an electric field to the container. The field will transfer some work to the container, assuming that the field interacts with electron density polarizations of the gases, which results in excitation of the vibrational modes. As a result, the number of allowed modes inside the container will increase and subsequently, the entropy of the container will also increase (the number of microstates rise), i.e. dS=kB(dlnΩ)>0
How can I solve this contradiction? Shouldn't I interpret the energy transferred by the field as a work? If this is true, why? I mean, how can I judge whether an energy transferred to a system is TdS (~ heat) or fdX (~ work)?
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