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Can a single particle be “heated” by radiation?

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From the point of view of statistical thermodynamics, a single particle doesn’t have a phase (state of matter), nor temperature.

What would happen if heat is transported to this single particle via radiation? How is this related to the same thing occurring for a mass of particles?

In addition, how can a single-molecule transistor, for example, depend on temperature via $f_{alpha} = left[ 1+exp left( frac{epsilon-mu_{alpha}}{k_B T} right) right]^{-1}$, if temperature is not even defined for a single molecule?


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