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		<title>Hard sphere: virial coefficients</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Aidan t: /* References */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;The [[virial equation of state]] of the [[hard sphere model]], in various dimensions, has long been of interest. &lt;br /&gt;
In 3-dimensions analytical results were  derived for &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_2&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; by [[Johannes Diderik van der Waals]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.digitallibrary.nl/proceedings/search/detail.cfm?pubid=220&amp;amp;view=image&amp;amp;startrow=1 J. D. van der Waals &amp;quot;Simple deduction of the characteristic equation for substances with extended and composite molecules&amp;quot;, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Amsterdam Proc. Sec. Sci. &#039;&#039;&#039;1&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 138-143 (1899)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_3&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; by Jäger &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;G. Jäger &amp;quot;&amp;quot;, Sitzber. Akad. Wiss. Wien. Ber. Math. Natur-w. Kl. (Part 2a) &#039;&#039;&#039;105&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 15- (1896)&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and [[Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann]] &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;L. Boltzmann &amp;quot;&amp;quot;,Sitzber. Akad. Wiss. Wien. Ber. Math. Natur-w. Kl. (Part 2a)  &#039;&#039;&#039;105&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 695- (1896)&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;L. Boltzmann &amp;quot;On the characteristic equation of v.d.Waals&amp;quot;, Versl. Gewone Vergad. Afd. Natuurkd., K. Ned. Akad. Wet. &#039;&#039;&#039;7&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 484- (1899)&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_4&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; by [[Johannis Jacobus van Laar]]&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.digitallibrary.nl/proceedings/search/detail.cfm?pubid=203&amp;amp;view=image&amp;amp;startrow=1 J. J. Van Laar &amp;quot;Calculation of the second correction to the quantity b of the equation of condition of Van der Waals&amp;quot;, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Amsterdam Proc. Sec. Sci. &#039;&#039;&#039;1&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 273-287 (1899)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
as well as Boltzmann &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.1986605 John H. Nairn and John E. Kilpatrick &amp;quot;van der Waals, Boltzmann, and the Fourth Virial Coefficient of Hard Spheres&amp;quot;, American Journal of Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;40&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 503-515 (1972)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.85.777 B. R. A. Nijboer and L. Van Hove &amp;quot;Radial Distribution Function of a Gas of Hard Spheres and the Superposition Approximation&amp;quot;, Physical Review  &#039;&#039;&#039;85&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 777-783 (1952)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
The calculation of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_5&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; had to wait for the Rosenbluths&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1740207 Marshall N. Rosenbluth and Arianna W. Rosenbluth &amp;quot;Further Results on Monte Carlo Equations of State&amp;quot;, Journal of Chemical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;22&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 881- (1954)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; in 1954. Thus far no analytical expressions for &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_5&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and beyond have been derived. One has:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{B_2}{V(\mathbb{R}^3)}=4&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{B_3}{V(\mathbb{R}^3)^2}=10&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{B_4}{V(\mathbb{R}^3)^3}= \frac{2707\pi+[438\sqrt{2}-4131 \arccos(1/3)]}{70\pi}= 18.3647684&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
where &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;V(\mathbb{R}^3)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is the volume of a sphere in three dimensions. For [[hard disks]] (ie. 2-dimensional hard spheres) one has&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.71.021105 Stanislav Labík, Jirí Kolafa, and Anatol Malijevský, &amp;quot;Virial coefficients of hard spheres and hard disks up to the ninth&amp;quot;, Physical  Review E &#039;&#039;&#039;71&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 021105 (2005)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{B_2}{V(\mathbb{R}^2)}=2&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{B_3}{V(\mathbb{R}^2)^2}=\frac{16}{3}- \frac{4 \sqrt{3}}{\pi}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{B_4}{V(\mathbb{R}^2)^3}= 16-\frac{36\sqrt{3}}{\pi}+\frac{80}{\pi^2}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
where &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;V(\mathbb{R}^2)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is the area of a circle.&lt;br /&gt;
{| style=&amp;quot;width:100%; height:250px; text-align:center&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
| Virial / Dimension || 2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 7 || 8&lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_3/B_2^2&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.782004...  || 0.625        || 0.506340...   || 0.414063... || 0.340941... || 0.282227... || 0.234614...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_4/B_2^3&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.53223180...|| 0.2869495... || 0.15184606... || 0.0759724807... || 0.03336314... || 0.00986494662... || -0.00255768...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_5/B_2^4&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.33355604(1) || 0.110252(1) ||  0.0357041(17)|| 0.0129551(13) || 0.0075231(11) || 0.0070724(10) || 0.00743092(93)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_6/B_2^5&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.1988425(42)|| 0.03888198(91)|| 0.0077359(16) || 0.0009815(14) ||  -0.0017385(13)|| -0.0035121(11) || -0.0045164(11)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_7/B_2^6&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.1148728(43)||0.01302354(91) || 0.0014303(19) ||  0.0004162(19)||  0.0013066(18)|| 0.0025386(16) || 0.0034149(15)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_8/B_2^7&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.0649930(34)|| 0.0041832(11)|| 0.0002888(18) || -0.0001120(20) || -0.0008950(30) ||  -0.0019937(28)|| -0.0028624(26)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_9/B_2^8&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ||0.0362193(35) || 0.0013094(13)|| 0.0000441(22) || 0.0000747(26) || 0.0006673(45) ||  0.0016869(41)|| 0.0025969(38)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_{10}/B_2^9&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.0199537(80)|| 0.0004035(15)|| 0.0000113(31)|| -0.0000492(48) || -0.000525(16) || -0.001514(14) || -0.002511(13)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_{11}/B_2^{10}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || || 0.000122 (4)|| ||  ||  ||  || &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_{12}/B_2^{11}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || || 0.000027 (7)|| ||  ||  ||  || &lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
This table is taken directly from Table 1 in Ref.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10955-005-8080-0  Nathan Clisby and Barry M. McCoy &amp;quot;Ninth and Tenth Order Virial Coefficients for Hard Spheres in D Dimensions&amp;quot;, Journal of Statistical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;122&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 15-57 (2006)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  The values of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_{11}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_{12}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; for three dimensional hard spheres are taken from &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.200601 Richard J. Wheatley &amp;quot;Calculation of High-Order Virial Coefficients with Applications to Hard and Soft Spheres&amp;quot;, Physical review Letters, &#039;&#039;&#039;110&#039;&#039;&#039;  200601 (2013)]]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Equations of state for hard disks]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Equations of state for hard spheres]]&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Related reading&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:JOSS.0000013959.30878.d2  N. Clisby and B.M. McCoy  &amp;quot;Analytic Calculation of B4 for Hard Spheres in Even Dimensions&amp;quot;,  Journal of Statistical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;114&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 1343-1361 (2004)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2821962 Marvin Bishop,  Nathan Clisby and Paula A. Whitlock &amp;quot;The equation of state of hard hyperspheres in nine dimensions for low to moderate densities&amp;quot;,  Journal of Chemical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;128&#039;&#039;&#039; 034506 (2008)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2951456 René D. Rohrmann, Miguel Robles, Mariano López de Haro, and Andrés Santos &amp;quot;Virial series for fluids of hard hyperspheres in odd dimensions&amp;quot;, Journal of Chemical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;129&#039;&#039;&#039; 014510 (2008)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2958914 André O. Guerrero and Adalberto B. M. S. Bassi &amp;quot;On Padé approximants to virial series&amp;quot;,  Journal of Chemical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;129&#039;&#039;&#039; 044509 (2008)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3558779 Miguel Ángel G. Maestre, Andrés Santos, Miguel Robles, and Mariano López de Haro &amp;quot;On the relation between virial coefficients and the close-packing of hard disks and hard spheres&amp;quot;, Journal of Chemical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;134&#039;&#039;&#039; 084502 (2011)]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[category:virial coefficients]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[category: hard sphere]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{numeric}}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Aidan t: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;The [[virial equation of state]] of the [[hard sphere model]], in various dimensions, has long been of interest. &lt;br /&gt;
In 3-dimensions analytical results were  derived for &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_2&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; by [[Johannes Diderik van der Waals]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.digitallibrary.nl/proceedings/search/detail.cfm?pubid=220&amp;amp;view=image&amp;amp;startrow=1 J. D. van der Waals &amp;quot;Simple deduction of the characteristic equation for substances with extended and composite molecules&amp;quot;, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Amsterdam Proc. Sec. Sci. &#039;&#039;&#039;1&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 138-143 (1899)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_3&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; by Jäger &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;G. Jäger &amp;quot;&amp;quot;, Sitzber. Akad. Wiss. Wien. Ber. Math. Natur-w. Kl. (Part 2a) &#039;&#039;&#039;105&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 15- (1896)&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and [[Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann]] &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;L. Boltzmann &amp;quot;&amp;quot;,Sitzber. Akad. Wiss. Wien. Ber. Math. Natur-w. Kl. (Part 2a)  &#039;&#039;&#039;105&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 695- (1896)&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;L. Boltzmann &amp;quot;On the characteristic equation of v.d.Waals&amp;quot;, Versl. Gewone Vergad. Afd. Natuurkd., K. Ned. Akad. Wet. &#039;&#039;&#039;7&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 484- (1899)&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_4&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; by [[Johannis Jacobus van Laar]]&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.digitallibrary.nl/proceedings/search/detail.cfm?pubid=203&amp;amp;view=image&amp;amp;startrow=1 J. J. Van Laar &amp;quot;Calculation of the second correction to the quantity b of the equation of condition of Van der Waals&amp;quot;, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Amsterdam Proc. Sec. Sci. &#039;&#039;&#039;1&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 273-287 (1899)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
as well as Boltzmann &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.1986605 John H. Nairn and John E. Kilpatrick &amp;quot;van der Waals, Boltzmann, and the Fourth Virial Coefficient of Hard Spheres&amp;quot;, American Journal of Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;40&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 503-515 (1972)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.85.777 B. R. A. Nijboer and L. Van Hove &amp;quot;Radial Distribution Function of a Gas of Hard Spheres and the Superposition Approximation&amp;quot;, Physical Review  &#039;&#039;&#039;85&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 777-783 (1952)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
The calculation of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_5&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; had to wait for the Rosenbluths&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1740207 Marshall N. Rosenbluth and Arianna W. Rosenbluth &amp;quot;Further Results on Monte Carlo Equations of State&amp;quot;, Journal of Chemical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;22&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 881- (1954)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; in 1954. Thus far no analytical expressions for &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_5&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and beyond have been derived. One has:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{B_2}{V(\mathbb{R}^3)}=4&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{B_3}{V(\mathbb{R}^3)^2}=10&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{B_4}{V(\mathbb{R}^3)^3}= \frac{2707\pi+[438\sqrt{2}-4131 \arccos(1/3)]}{70\pi}= 18.3647684&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
where &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;V(\mathbb{R}^3)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is the volume of a sphere in three dimensions. For [[hard disks]] (ie. 2-dimensional hard spheres) one has&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.71.021105 Stanislav Labík, Jirí Kolafa, and Anatol Malijevský, &amp;quot;Virial coefficients of hard spheres and hard disks up to the ninth&amp;quot;, Physical  Review E &#039;&#039;&#039;71&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 021105 (2005)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{B_2}{V(\mathbb{R}^2)}=2&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{B_3}{V(\mathbb{R}^2)^2}=\frac{16}{3}- \frac{4 \sqrt{3}}{\pi}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{B_4}{V(\mathbb{R}^2)^3}= 16-\frac{36\sqrt{3}}{\pi}+\frac{80}{\pi^2}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
where &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;V(\mathbb{R}^2)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is the area of a circle.&lt;br /&gt;
{| style=&amp;quot;width:100%; height:250px; text-align:center&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
| Virial / Dimension || 2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 7 || 8&lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_3/B_2^2&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.782004...  || 0.625        || 0.506340...   || 0.414063... || 0.340941... || 0.282227... || 0.234614...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_4/B_2^3&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.53223180...|| 0.2869495... || 0.15184606... || 0.0759724807... || 0.03336314... || 0.00986494662... || -0.00255768...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_5/B_2^4&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.33355604(1) || 0.110252(1) ||  0.0357041(17)|| 0.0129551(13) || 0.0075231(11) || 0.0070724(10) || 0.00743092(93)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_6/B_2^5&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.1988425(42)|| 0.03888198(91)|| 0.0077359(16) || 0.0009815(14) ||  -0.0017385(13)|| -0.0035121(11) || -0.0045164(11)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_7/B_2^6&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.1148728(43)||0.01302354(91) || 0.0014303(19) ||  0.0004162(19)||  0.0013066(18)|| 0.0025386(16) || 0.0034149(15)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_8/B_2^7&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.0649930(34)|| 0.0041832(11)|| 0.0002888(18) || -0.0001120(20) || -0.0008950(30) ||  -0.0019937(28)|| -0.0028624(26)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_9/B_2^8&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ||0.0362193(35) || 0.0013094(13)|| 0.0000441(22) || 0.0000747(26) || 0.0006673(45) ||  0.0016869(41)|| 0.0025969(38)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_{10}/B_2^9&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.0199537(80)|| 0.0004035(15)|| 0.0000113(31)|| -0.0000492(48) || -0.000525(16) || -0.001514(14) || -0.002511(13)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_{11}/B_2^{10}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || || 0.000122 (4)|| ||  ||  ||  || &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_{12}/B_2^{11}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || || 0.000027 (7)|| ||  ||  ||  || &lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
This table is taken directly from Table 1 in Ref.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10955-005-8080-0  Nathan Clisby and Barry M. McCoy &amp;quot;Ninth and Tenth Order Virial Coefficients for Hard Spheres in D Dimensions&amp;quot;, Journal of Statistical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;122&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 15-57 (2006)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Equations of state for hard disks]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Equations of state for hard spheres]]&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Related reading&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.200601 Richard J. Wheatley &amp;quot;Calculation of High-Order Virial Coefficients with Applications to Hard and Soft Spheres&amp;quot;, Physical review Letters, &#039;&#039;&#039;110&#039;&#039;&#039;  200601 (2013)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:JOSS.0000013959.30878.d2  N. Clisby and B.M. McCoy  &amp;quot;Analytic Calculation of B4 for Hard Spheres in Even Dimensions&amp;quot;,  Journal of Statistical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;114&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 1343-1361 (2004)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2821962 Marvin Bishop,  Nathan Clisby and Paula A. Whitlock &amp;quot;The equation of state of hard hyperspheres in nine dimensions for low to moderate densities&amp;quot;,  Journal of Chemical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;128&#039;&#039;&#039; 034506 (2008)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2951456 René D. Rohrmann, Miguel Robles, Mariano López de Haro, and Andrés Santos &amp;quot;Virial series for fluids of hard hyperspheres in odd dimensions&amp;quot;, Journal of Chemical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;129&#039;&#039;&#039; 014510 (2008)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2958914 André O. Guerrero and Adalberto B. M. S. Bassi &amp;quot;On Padé approximants to virial series&amp;quot;,  Journal of Chemical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;129&#039;&#039;&#039; 044509 (2008)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3558779 Miguel Ángel G. Maestre, Andrés Santos, Miguel Robles, and Mariano López de Haro &amp;quot;On the relation between virial coefficients and the close-packing of hard disks and hard spheres&amp;quot;, Journal of Chemical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;134&#039;&#039;&#039; 084502 (2011)]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[category:virial coefficients]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[category: hard sphere]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{numeric}}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Aidan t</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
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		<title>Hard sphere: virial coefficients</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Aidan t: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;The [[virial equation of state]] of the [[hard sphere model]], in various dimensions, has long been of interest. &lt;br /&gt;
In 3-dimensions analytical results were  derived for &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_2&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; by [[Johannes Diderik van der Waals]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.digitallibrary.nl/proceedings/search/detail.cfm?pubid=220&amp;amp;view=image&amp;amp;startrow=1 J. D. van der Waals &amp;quot;Simple deduction of the characteristic equation for substances with extended and composite molecules&amp;quot;, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Amsterdam Proc. Sec. Sci. &#039;&#039;&#039;1&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 138-143 (1899)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_3&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; by Jäger &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;G. Jäger &amp;quot;&amp;quot;, Sitzber. Akad. Wiss. Wien. Ber. Math. Natur-w. Kl. (Part 2a) &#039;&#039;&#039;105&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 15- (1896)&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and [[Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann]] &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;L. Boltzmann &amp;quot;&amp;quot;,Sitzber. Akad. Wiss. Wien. Ber. Math. Natur-w. Kl. (Part 2a)  &#039;&#039;&#039;105&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 695- (1896)&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;L. Boltzmann &amp;quot;On the characteristic equation of v.d.Waals&amp;quot;, Versl. Gewone Vergad. Afd. Natuurkd., K. Ned. Akad. Wet. &#039;&#039;&#039;7&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 484- (1899)&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_4&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; by [[Johannis Jacobus van Laar]]&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.digitallibrary.nl/proceedings/search/detail.cfm?pubid=203&amp;amp;view=image&amp;amp;startrow=1 J. J. Van Laar &amp;quot;Calculation of the second correction to the quantity b of the equation of condition of Van der Waals&amp;quot;, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Amsterdam Proc. Sec. Sci. &#039;&#039;&#039;1&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 273-287 (1899)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
as well as Boltzmann &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.1986605 John H. Nairn and John E. Kilpatrick &amp;quot;van der Waals, Boltzmann, and the Fourth Virial Coefficient of Hard Spheres&amp;quot;, American Journal of Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;40&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 503-515 (1972)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.85.777 B. R. A. Nijboer and L. Van Hove &amp;quot;Radial Distribution Function of a Gas of Hard Spheres and the Superposition Approximation&amp;quot;, Physical Review  &#039;&#039;&#039;85&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 777-783 (1952)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
The calculation of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_5&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; had to wait for the Rosenbluths&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1740207 Marshall N. Rosenbluth and Arianna W. Rosenbluth &amp;quot;Further Results on Monte Carlo Equations of State&amp;quot;, Journal of Chemical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;22&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 881- (1954)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; in 1954. Thus far no analytical expressions for &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_5&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and beyond have been derived. One has:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{B_2}{V(\mathbb{R}^3)}=4&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{B_3}{V(\mathbb{R}^3)^2}=10&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{B_4}{V(\mathbb{R}^3)^3}= \frac{2707\pi+[438\sqrt{2}-4131 \arccos(1/3)]}{70\pi}= 18.3647684&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
where &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;V(\mathbb{R}^3)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is the volume of a sphere in three dimensions. For [[hard disks]] (ie. 2-dimensional hard spheres) one has&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.71.021105 Stanislav Labík, Jirí Kolafa, and Anatol Malijevský, &amp;quot;Virial coefficients of hard spheres and hard disks up to the ninth&amp;quot;, Physical  Review E &#039;&#039;&#039;71&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 021105 (2005)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{B_2}{V(\mathbb{R}^2)}=2&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{B_3}{V(\mathbb{R}^2)^2}=\frac{16}{3}- \frac{4 \sqrt{3}}{\pi}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{B_4}{V(\mathbb{R}^2)^3}= 16-\frac{36\sqrt{3}}{\pi}+\frac{80}{\pi^2}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
where &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;V(\mathbb{R}^2)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is the area of a circle.&lt;br /&gt;
{| style=&amp;quot;width:100%; height:250px; text-align:center&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
| Virial / Dimension || 2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 7 || 8&lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_3/B_2^2&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.782004...  || 0.625        || 0.506340...   || 0.414063... || 0.340941... || 0.282227... || 0.234614...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_4/B_2^3&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.53223180...|| 0.2869495... || 0.15184606... || 0.0759724807... || 0.03336314... || 0.00986494662... || -0.00255768...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_5/B_2^4&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.33355604(1) || 0.110252(1) ||  0.0357041(17)|| 0.0129551(13) || 0.0075231(11) || 0.0070724(10) || 0.00743092(93)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_6/B_2^5&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.1988425(42)|| 0.03888198(91)|| 0.0077359(16) || 0.0009815(14) ||  -0.0017385(13)|| -0.0035121(11) || -0.0045164(11)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_7/B_2^6&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.1148728(43)||0.01302354(91) || 0.0014303(19) ||  0.0004162(19)||  0.0013066(18)|| 0.0025386(16) || 0.0034149(15)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_8/B_2^7&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.0649930(34)|| 0.0041832(11)|| 0.0002888(18) || -0.0001120(20) || -0.0008950(30) ||  -0.0019937(28)|| -0.0028624(26)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_9/B_2^8&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ||0.0362193(35) || 0.0013094(13)|| 0.0000441(22) || 0.0000747(26) || 0.0006673(45) ||  0.0016869(41)|| 0.0025969(38)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_{10}/B_2^9&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.0199537(80)|| 0.0004035(15)|| 0.0000113(31)|| -0.0000492(48) || -0.000525(16) || -0.001514(14) || -0.002511(13)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_{11}/B_2^{10}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || || 0.000122 (4)|| ||  ||  ||  || &lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
This table is taken directly from Table 1 in Ref.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10955-005-8080-0  Nathan Clisby and Barry M. McCoy &amp;quot;Ninth and Tenth Order Virial Coefficients for Hard Spheres in D Dimensions&amp;quot;, Journal of Statistical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;122&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 15-57 (2006)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Equations of state for hard disks]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Equations of state for hard spheres]]&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Related reading&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.200601 Richard J. Wheatley &amp;quot;Calculation of High-Order Virial Coefficients with Applications to Hard and Soft Spheres&amp;quot;, Physical review Letters, &#039;&#039;&#039;110&#039;&#039;&#039;  200601 (2013)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:JOSS.0000013959.30878.d2  N. Clisby and B.M. McCoy  &amp;quot;Analytic Calculation of B4 for Hard Spheres in Even Dimensions&amp;quot;,  Journal of Statistical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;114&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 1343-1361 (2004)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2821962 Marvin Bishop,  Nathan Clisby and Paula A. Whitlock &amp;quot;The equation of state of hard hyperspheres in nine dimensions for low to moderate densities&amp;quot;,  Journal of Chemical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;128&#039;&#039;&#039; 034506 (2008)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2951456 René D. Rohrmann, Miguel Robles, Mariano López de Haro, and Andrés Santos &amp;quot;Virial series for fluids of hard hyperspheres in odd dimensions&amp;quot;, Journal of Chemical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;129&#039;&#039;&#039; 014510 (2008)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2958914 André O. Guerrero and Adalberto B. M. S. Bassi &amp;quot;On Padé approximants to virial series&amp;quot;,  Journal of Chemical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;129&#039;&#039;&#039; 044509 (2008)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3558779 Miguel Ángel G. Maestre, Andrés Santos, Miguel Robles, and Mariano López de Haro &amp;quot;On the relation between virial coefficients and the close-packing of hard disks and hard spheres&amp;quot;, Journal of Chemical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;134&#039;&#039;&#039; 084502 (2011)]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[category:virial coefficients]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[category: hard sphere]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{numeric}}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Aidan t</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>http://www.sklogwiki.org/SklogWiki/index.php?title=Hard_sphere:_virial_coefficients&amp;diff=13857</id>
		<title>Hard sphere: virial coefficients</title>
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		<updated>2013-10-07T21:55:13Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Aidan t: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;The [[virial equation of state]] of the [[hard sphere model]], in various dimensions, has long been of interest. &lt;br /&gt;
In 3-dimensions analytical results were  derived for &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_2&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; by [[Johannes Diderik van der Waals]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.digitallibrary.nl/proceedings/search/detail.cfm?pubid=220&amp;amp;view=image&amp;amp;startrow=1 J. D. van der Waals &amp;quot;Simple deduction of the characteristic equation for substances with extended and composite molecules&amp;quot;, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Amsterdam Proc. Sec. Sci. &#039;&#039;&#039;1&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 138-143 (1899)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_3&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; by Jäger &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;G. Jäger &amp;quot;&amp;quot;, Sitzber. Akad. Wiss. Wien. Ber. Math. Natur-w. Kl. (Part 2a) &#039;&#039;&#039;105&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 15- (1896)&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and [[Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann]] &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;L. Boltzmann &amp;quot;&amp;quot;,Sitzber. Akad. Wiss. Wien. Ber. Math. Natur-w. Kl. (Part 2a)  &#039;&#039;&#039;105&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 695- (1896)&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;L. Boltzmann &amp;quot;On the characteristic equation of v.d.Waals&amp;quot;, Versl. Gewone Vergad. Afd. Natuurkd., K. Ned. Akad. Wet. &#039;&#039;&#039;7&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 484- (1899)&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_4&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; by [[Johannis Jacobus van Laar]]&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.digitallibrary.nl/proceedings/search/detail.cfm?pubid=203&amp;amp;view=image&amp;amp;startrow=1 J. J. Van Laar &amp;quot;Calculation of the second correction to the quantity b of the equation of condition of Van der Waals&amp;quot;, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Amsterdam Proc. Sec. Sci. &#039;&#039;&#039;1&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 273-287 (1899)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
as well as Boltzmann &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.1986605 John H. Nairn and John E. Kilpatrick &amp;quot;van der Waals, Boltzmann, and the Fourth Virial Coefficient of Hard Spheres&amp;quot;, American Journal of Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;40&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 503-515 (1972)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.85.777 B. R. A. Nijboer and L. Van Hove &amp;quot;Radial Distribution Function of a Gas of Hard Spheres and the Superposition Approximation&amp;quot;, Physical Review  &#039;&#039;&#039;85&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 777-783 (1952)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
The calculation of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_5&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; had to wait for the Rosenbluths&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1740207 Marshall N. Rosenbluth and Arianna W. Rosenbluth &amp;quot;Further Results on Monte Carlo Equations of State&amp;quot;, Journal of Chemical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;22&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 881- (1954)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; in 1954. Thus far no analytical expressions for &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_5&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and beyond have been derived. One has:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{B_2}{V(\mathbb{R}^3)}=4&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{B_3}{V(\mathbb{R}^3)^2}=10&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{B_4}{V(\mathbb{R}^3)^3}= \frac{2707\pi+[438\sqrt{2}-4131 \arccos(1/3)]}{70\pi}= 18.3647684&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
where &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;V(\mathbb{R}^3)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is the volume of a sphere in three dimensions. For [[hard disks]] (ie. 2-dimensional hard spheres) one has&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.71.021105 Stanislav Labík, Jirí Kolafa, and Anatol Malijevský, &amp;quot;Virial coefficients of hard spheres and hard disks up to the ninth&amp;quot;, Physical  Review E &#039;&#039;&#039;71&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 021105 (2005)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{B_2}{V(\mathbb{R}^2)}=2&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{B_3}{V(\mathbb{R}^2)^2}=\frac{16}{3}- \frac{4 \sqrt{3}}{\pi}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{B_4}{V(\mathbb{R}^2)^3}= 16-\frac{36\sqrt{3}}{\pi}+\frac{80}{\pi^2}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
where &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;V(\mathbb{R}^2)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is the area of a circle.&lt;br /&gt;
{| style=&amp;quot;width:100%; height:250px; text-align:center&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
| Virial / Dimension || 2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 7 || 8&lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_3/B_2^2&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.782004...  || 0.625        || 0.506340...   || 0.414063... || 0.340941... || 0.282227... || 0.234614...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_4/B_2^3&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.53223180...|| 0.2869495... || 0.15184606... || 0.0759724807... || 0.03336314... || 0.00986494662... || -0.00255768...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_5/B_2^4&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.33355604(1) || 0.110252(1) ||  0.0357041(17)|| 0.0129551(13) || 0.0075231(11) || 0.0070724(10) || 0.00743092(93)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_6/B_2^5&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.1988425(42)|| 0.03888198(91)|| 0.0077359(16) || 0.0009815(14) ||  -0.0017385(13)|| -0.0035121(11) || -0.0045164(11)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_7/B_2^6&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.1148728(43)||0.01302354(91) || 0.0014303(19) ||  0.0004162(19)||  0.0013066(18)|| 0.0025386(16) || 0.0034149(15)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_8/B_2^7&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.0649930(34)|| 0.0041832(11)|| 0.0002888(18) || -0.0001120(20) || -0.0008950(30) ||  -0.0019937(28)|| -0.0028624(26)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_9/B_2^8&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ||0.0362193(35) || 0.0013094(13)|| 0.0000441(22) || 0.0000747(26) || 0.0006673(45) ||  0.0016869(41)|| 0.0025969(38)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_{10}/B_2^9&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.0199537(80)|| 0.0004035(15)|| 0.0000113(31)|| -0.0000492(48) || -0.000525(16) || -0.001514(14) || -0.002511(13)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_{11}/B_2^10&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || || 0.000122 (4)|| ||  ||  ||  || &lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
This table is taken directly from Table 1 in Ref.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10955-005-8080-0  Nathan Clisby and Barry M. McCoy &amp;quot;Ninth and Tenth Order Virial Coefficients for Hard Spheres in D Dimensions&amp;quot;, Journal of Statistical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;122&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 15-57 (2006)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Equations of state for hard disks]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Equations of state for hard spheres]]&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Related reading&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.200601 Richard J. Wheatley &amp;quot;Calculation of High-Order Virial Coefficients with Applications to Hard and Soft Spheres&amp;quot;, Physical review Letters, &#039;&#039;&#039;110&#039;&#039;&#039;  200601 (2013)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:JOSS.0000013959.30878.d2  N. Clisby and B.M. McCoy  &amp;quot;Analytic Calculation of B4 for Hard Spheres in Even Dimensions&amp;quot;,  Journal of Statistical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;114&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 1343-1361 (2004)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2821962 Marvin Bishop,  Nathan Clisby and Paula A. Whitlock &amp;quot;The equation of state of hard hyperspheres in nine dimensions for low to moderate densities&amp;quot;,  Journal of Chemical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;128&#039;&#039;&#039; 034506 (2008)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2951456 René D. Rohrmann, Miguel Robles, Mariano López de Haro, and Andrés Santos &amp;quot;Virial series for fluids of hard hyperspheres in odd dimensions&amp;quot;, Journal of Chemical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;129&#039;&#039;&#039; 014510 (2008)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2958914 André O. Guerrero and Adalberto B. M. S. Bassi &amp;quot;On Padé approximants to virial series&amp;quot;,  Journal of Chemical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;129&#039;&#039;&#039; 044509 (2008)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3558779 Miguel Ángel G. Maestre, Andrés Santos, Miguel Robles, and Mariano López de Haro &amp;quot;On the relation between virial coefficients and the close-packing of hard disks and hard spheres&amp;quot;, Journal of Chemical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;134&#039;&#039;&#039; 084502 (2011)]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[category: hard sphere]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;The [[virial equation of state]] of the [[hard sphere model]], in various dimensions, has long been of interest. &lt;br /&gt;
In 3-dimensions analytical results were  derived for &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_2&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; by [[Johannes Diderik van der Waals]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.digitallibrary.nl/proceedings/search/detail.cfm?pubid=220&amp;amp;view=image&amp;amp;startrow=1 J. D. van der Waals &amp;quot;Simple deduction of the characteristic equation for substances with extended and composite molecules&amp;quot;, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Amsterdam Proc. Sec. Sci. &#039;&#039;&#039;1&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 138-143 (1899)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_3&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; by Jäger &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;G. Jäger &amp;quot;&amp;quot;, Sitzber. Akad. Wiss. Wien. Ber. Math. Natur-w. Kl. (Part 2a) &#039;&#039;&#039;105&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 15- (1896)&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and [[Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann]] &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;L. Boltzmann &amp;quot;&amp;quot;,Sitzber. Akad. Wiss. Wien. Ber. Math. Natur-w. Kl. (Part 2a)  &#039;&#039;&#039;105&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 695- (1896)&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;L. Boltzmann &amp;quot;On the characteristic equation of v.d.Waals&amp;quot;, Versl. Gewone Vergad. Afd. Natuurkd., K. Ned. Akad. Wet. &#039;&#039;&#039;7&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 484- (1899)&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_4&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; by [[Johannis Jacobus van Laar]]&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.digitallibrary.nl/proceedings/search/detail.cfm?pubid=203&amp;amp;view=image&amp;amp;startrow=1 J. J. Van Laar &amp;quot;Calculation of the second correction to the quantity b of the equation of condition of Van der Waals&amp;quot;, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Amsterdam Proc. Sec. Sci. &#039;&#039;&#039;1&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 273-287 (1899)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
as well as Boltzmann &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.1986605 John H. Nairn and John E. Kilpatrick &amp;quot;van der Waals, Boltzmann, and the Fourth Virial Coefficient of Hard Spheres&amp;quot;, American Journal of Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;40&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 503-515 (1972)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.85.777 B. R. A. Nijboer and L. Van Hove &amp;quot;Radial Distribution Function of a Gas of Hard Spheres and the Superposition Approximation&amp;quot;, Physical Review  &#039;&#039;&#039;85&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 777-783 (1952)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
The calculation of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_5&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; had to wait for the Rosenbluths&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1740207 Marshall N. Rosenbluth and Arianna W. Rosenbluth &amp;quot;Further Results on Monte Carlo Equations of State&amp;quot;, Journal of Chemical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;22&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 881- (1954)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; in 1954. Thus far no analytical expressions for &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_5&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and beyond have been derived. One has:&lt;br /&gt;
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:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{B_2}{V(\mathbb{R}^3)}=4&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{B_3}{V(\mathbb{R}^3)^2}=10&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{B_4}{V(\mathbb{R}^3)^3}= \frac{2707\pi+[438\sqrt{2}-4131 \arccos(1/3)]}{70\pi}= 18.3647684&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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where &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;V(\mathbb{R}^3)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is the volume of a sphere in three dimensions. For [[hard disks]] (ie. 2-dimensional hard spheres) one has&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.71.021105 Stanislav Labík, Jirí Kolafa, and Anatol Malijevský, &amp;quot;Virial coefficients of hard spheres and hard disks up to the ninth&amp;quot;, Physical  Review E &#039;&#039;&#039;71&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 021105 (2005)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{B_2}{V(\mathbb{R}^2)}=2&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{B_3}{V(\mathbb{R}^2)^2}=\frac{16}{3}- \frac{4 \sqrt{3}}{\pi}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{B_4}{V(\mathbb{R}^2)^3}= 16-\frac{36\sqrt{3}}{\pi}+\frac{80}{\pi^2}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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where &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;V(\mathbb{R}^2)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is the area of a circle.&lt;br /&gt;
{| style=&amp;quot;width:100%; height:250px; text-align:center&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
| Virial / Dimension || 2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 7 || 8&lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_3/B_2^2&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.782004...  || 0.625        || 0.506340...   || 0.414063... || 0.340941... || 0.282227... || 0.234614...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_4/B_2^3&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.53223180...|| 0.2869495... || 0.15184606... || 0.0759724807... || 0.03336314... || 0.00986494662... || -0.00255768...&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_5/B_2^4&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.33355604(1) || 0.110252(1) ||  0.0357041(17)|| 0.0129551(13) || 0.0075231(11) || 0.0070724(10) || 0.00743092(93)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_6/B_2^5&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.1988425(42)|| 0.03888198(91)|| 0.0077359(16) || 0.0009815(14) ||  -0.0017385(13)|| -0.0035121(11) || -0.0045164(11)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_7/B_2^6&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.1148728(43)||0.01302354(91) || 0.0014303(19) ||  0.0004162(19)||  0.0013066(18)|| 0.0025386(16) || 0.0034149(15)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_8/B_2^7&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.0649930(34)|| 0.0041832(11)|| 0.0002888(18) || -0.0001120(20) || -0.0008950(30) ||  -0.0019937(28)|| -0.0028624(26)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_9/B_2^8&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ||0.0362193(35) || 0.0013094(13)|| 0.0000441(22) || 0.0000747(26) || 0.0006673(45) ||  0.0016869(41)|| 0.0025969(38)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_{10}/B_2^9&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; || 0.0199537(80)|| 0.0004035(15)|| 0.0000113(31)|| -0.0000492(48) || -0.000525(16) || -0.001514(14) || -0.002511(13)&lt;br /&gt;
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|}&lt;br /&gt;
This table is taken directly from Table 1 in Ref.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10955-005-8080-0  Nathan Clisby and Barry M. McCoy &amp;quot;Ninth and Tenth Order Virial Coefficients for Hard Spheres in D Dimensions&amp;quot;, Journal of Statistical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;122&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 15-57 (2006)]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Equations of state for hard disks]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Equations of state for hard spheres]]&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Related reading&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.200601 Richard J. Wheatley &amp;quot;Calculation of High-Order Virial Coefficients with Applications to Hard and Soft Spheres&amp;quot;, Physical review Letters, &#039;&#039;&#039;110&#039;&#039;&#039;  200601 (2013)]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:JOSS.0000013959.30878.d2  N. Clisby and B.M. McCoy  &amp;quot;Analytic Calculation of B4 for Hard Spheres in Even Dimensions&amp;quot;,  Journal of Statistical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;114&#039;&#039;&#039; pp. 1343-1361 (2004)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2821962 Marvin Bishop,  Nathan Clisby and Paula A. Whitlock &amp;quot;The equation of state of hard hyperspheres in nine dimensions for low to moderate densities&amp;quot;,  Journal of Chemical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;128&#039;&#039;&#039; 034506 (2008)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2951456 René D. Rohrmann, Miguel Robles, Mariano López de Haro, and Andrés Santos &amp;quot;Virial series for fluids of hard hyperspheres in odd dimensions&amp;quot;, Journal of Chemical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;129&#039;&#039;&#039; 014510 (2008)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2958914 André O. Guerrero and Adalberto B. M. S. Bassi &amp;quot;On Padé approximants to virial series&amp;quot;,  Journal of Chemical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;129&#039;&#039;&#039; 044509 (2008)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3558779 Miguel Ángel G. Maestre, Andrés Santos, Miguel Robles, and Mariano López de Haro &amp;quot;On the relation between virial coefficients and the close-packing of hard disks and hard spheres&amp;quot;, Journal of Chemical Physics &#039;&#039;&#039;134&#039;&#039;&#039; 084502 (2011)]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[category:virial coefficients]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[category: hard sphere]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{numeric}}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Aidan t</name></author>
	</entry>
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