Perturbation theory

List of perturbation theories

• Barker and Henderson perturbation theory
• Discrete perturbation theory
• Free energy perturbation method (FEP)
• Hierarchical reference theory
• McQuarrie and Katz perturbation theory
• Rowlinson perturbation theory
• SAFT (Statistical Associating Fluid Theory)
  • PC-SAFT
  • GC-SAFT
  • Soft-SAFT
  • SAFT-$\gamma$
  • iSAFT
  • SAFT-VR
  • SAFT-VRE
• Song and Mason perturbation theory
• TPT-CF
• Weeks-Chandler-Andersen perturbation theory
• Wertheim's first order thermodynamic perturbation theory (TPT1)
• Wertheim's second order thermodynamic perturbation theory (TPT2)
• Zhou's third-order thermodynamic perturbation theory
• Zwanzig's first order perturbation theory

Recommended reading

• Jean-Pierre Hansen and I.R. McDonald "Theory of Simple Liquids" (Third Edition) Chapter 5: "Perturbation theory"
• Shiqi Zhou and J. R. Solana "Progress in the Perturbation Approach in Fluid and Fluid-Related Theories", Chemical Reviews 109 pp. 2829-2858 (2009)
• J. R. Solana "Perturbation Theories for the Thermodynamic Properties of Fluids and Solids", CRC Press (2013) ISBN 978-1-43-980775-0
• Thijs van Westen and Joachim Gross "A critical evaluation of perturbation theories by Monte Carlo simulation of the first four perturbation terms in a Helmholtz energy expansion for the Lennard-Jones fluid", Journal of Chemical Physics 147 014503 (2017)
• Luís Fernando Mercier Franco, Marcelo Castier, and Ioannis G. Economou "Two-body perturbation theory versus first order perturbation theory: A comparison based on the square-well fluid", Journal of Chemical Physics 147 214108 (2017)