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==References==
==References==
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0034-4885/28/1/306 J. S. Rowlinson "The equation of state of dense systems", Reports on Progress in Physics '''28''' pp. 169-199  (1965)]
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0034-4885/28/1/306 J. S. Rowlinson "The equation of state of dense systems", Reports on Progress in Physics '''28''' pp. 169-199  (1965)]
[[category: statistical mechanics]]

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The compressibility equation () can be derived from the density fluctuations of the grand canonical ensemble (Eq. 3.16 in Ref. 1). For a homogeneous system:


where is the pair distribution function. For a spherical potential

Note that the compressibility equation, unlike the energy and pressure equations, is valid even when the inter-particle forces are not pairwise additive.

References

  1. J. S. Rowlinson "The equation of state of dense systems", Reports on Progress in Physics 28 pp. 169-199 (1965)