Ornstein-Zernike relation from the grand canonical distribution function
Defining the local activity by
- Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle z({\mathbf r})=z\exp[-\beta\psi({\mathbf r})]}
where Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \beta:=1/k_BT} , and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle k_B} is the Boltzmann constant. Using those definitions the grand canonical partition function can be written as
- Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \Xi=\sum_N^\infty{1\over N!}\int\dots\int \prod_i^Nz({\mathbf r}_i)\exp(-\beta U_N){\rm d}{\mathbf r}_1\dots{\rm d}{\mathbf r}_N} .
By functionally-differentiating Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \Xi} with respect to Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle z({\mathbf r})} , and utilizing the mathematical theorem concerning the functional derivative,
- Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle {\delta z({\mathbf r})\over{\delta z({\mathbf r'})}}=\delta({\mathbf r}-{\mathbf r'})} ,
we obtain the following equations with respect to the density pair correlation functions:
- Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \rho({\mathbf r})={\delta\ln\Xi\over{\delta \ln z({\mathbf r})}}} ,
- Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \rho^{(2)}({\mathbf r},{\mathbf r}')={\delta^2\ln\Xi\over{\delta \ln z({\mathbf r})\delta\ln z({\mathbf r'})}}} .
A relation between Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \rho({\mathbf r})} and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \rho^{(2)}({\mathbf r},{\mathbf r}')} can be obtained after some manipulation as,
- Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle {\delta\rho({\mathbf r})\over{\delta \ln z({\mathbf r'})}}=\rho^{(2)}({\mathbf r,r'})-\rho({\mathbf r})\rho({\mathbf r'})+\delta({\mathbf r}-{\mathbf r'})\rho({\mathbf r})} .
Now, we define the direct correlation function by an inverse relation of the previous equation,
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Inserting these two results into the chain-rule theorem of functional derivatives,
- Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \int{\delta\rho({\mathbf r})\over{\delta \ln z({\mathbf r}^{\prime\prime})}}{\delta \ln z({\mathbf r}^{\prime\prime})\over{\delta\rho({\mathbf r'})}}{\rm d}{\mathbf r}^{\prime\prime}=\delta({\mathbf r}-{\mathbf r'})} ,
one obtains the Ornstein-Zernike relation. Thus the Ornstein-Zernike relation is, in a sense, a differential form of the partition function. (Note: the material in this page was adapted from a text whose authorship and copyright status are both unknown).