Hyper-netted chain

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The hyper-netted chain (HNC) equation has a clear physical basis in the Kirkwood superposition approximation (Ref. 1). The hyper-netted chain approximation is obtained by omitting the elementary clusters, , in the exact convolution equation for . The hyper-netted chain approximation was developed almost simultaneously by various groups, namely: van Leeuwen, Groeneveld and de Boer, 1959 (Ref. 2). Morita and Hiroike, 1960 (Ref.s 3-8), Rushbrooke, 1960 (Ref. 9), Verlet, 1960 (Ref. 10), and Meeron, 1960 (Ref. 11). The hyper-netted chain omits the bridge function, i.e. , thus the cavity correlation function becomes

The hyper-netted chain closure relation can be written as

or

or (Eq. 12 Ref. 1)

where is the intermolecular pair potential. The hyper-netted chain approximation is well suited for long-range potentials, and in particular, Coulombic systems. For details of the numerical solution of the hyper-netted chain equation for ionic systems (see Ref. 12).

References[edit]

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  3. Tohru Morita "Theory of Classical Fluids: Hyper-Netted Chain Approximation, I: Formulation for a One-Component System", Progress of Theoretical Physics 20 pp. 920 -938 (1958)
  4. Tohru Morita "Theory of Classical Fluids: Hyper-Netted Chain Approximation. II: Formulation for Multi-Component Systems" Progress of Theoretical Physics 21 pp. 361-382 (1959)
  5. Tohru Morita "Theory of Classical Fluids: Hyper-Netted Chain Approximation. III: A New Integral Equation for the Pair Distribution Function" Progress of Theoretical Physics 23 pp. 829-845 (1960)
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  8. Tohru Morita and Kazuo Hiroike "A New Approach to the Theory of Classical Fluids. III: General Treatment of Classical Systems" Progress of Theoretical Physics 25 pp. 537-578 (1961)
  9. G. S. Rushbrooke "On the hyper-chain approximation in the theory of classical fluids" Physica 26 pp. 259-265 (1960)
  10. L. Verlet "On the Theory of Classical Fluids.", Il Nuovo Cimento 18 pp. 77- (1960)
  11. Emmanuel Meeron "Nodal Expansions. III. Exact Integral Equations for Particle Correlation Functions", Journal of Mathematical Physics 1 pp. 192-201 (1960)
  12. M. Kinoshita; M. Harada "Numerical solution of the HNC equation for ionic systems", Molecular Physics 65 pp. 599-618 (1988)