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where <math> \Phi_{12}\left( r \right) </math> is the [[intermolecular pair potential]], <math>r := |\mathbf{r}_1 - \mathbf{r}_2|</math> is the distance between site 1 and site 2,  
where <math> \Phi_{12}\left( r \right) </math> is the [[intermolecular pair potential]], <math>r := |\mathbf{r}_1 - \mathbf{r}_2|</math> is the distance between site 1 and site 2,  
<math> \sigma </math> is the hard diameter, <math> \epsilon </math> is the energy well depth (<math> \epsilon > 0 </math>), and
<math> \sigma </math> is the radius of the central hard core, <math> \epsilon </math> is the energy well depth (<math> \epsilon > 0 </math>), and
<math> \gamma </math> is a parameter that controls the interaction range. For example, for <math>\gamma=6</math> the potential look like
<math> \gamma </math> is a parameter that controls the interaction range. For example, for <math>\gamma=6</math> the potential look like



Revision as of 13:37, 6 April 2010

The Sutherland potential [1][2] is given 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 \Phi_{12}\left( r \right) = \left\{ \begin{array}{lll} \infty & ; & r \leq \sigma \\ - \epsilon\left( \frac{ \sigma }{r}\right)^{\gamma} & ; & r > \sigma \end{array} \right. }

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 \Phi_{12}\left( r \right) } is the intermolecular pair potential, 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 r := |\mathbf{r}_1 - \mathbf{r}_2|} is the distance between site 1 and site 2, 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 \sigma } is the radius of the central hard core, 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 \epsilon } is the energy well depth (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 \epsilon > 0 } ), 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 \gamma } is a parameter that controls the interaction range. For example, for 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 \gamma=6} the potential look like

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