Ornstein-Zernike relation from the grand canonical distribution function: Difference between revisions
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Inserting Eqs. (\ref{deltarho}) and (\ref{deltalnz}) into the chain-rule theorem of functional derivatives, | Inserting Eqs. (\ref{deltarho}) and (\ref{deltalnz}) into the chain-rule theorem of functional derivatives, | ||
:<math>\int{\delta\rho( | :<math>\int{\delta\rho(r)\over{\delta \ln z(r^{\prime\prime})}}{\delta \ln z(r^{\prime\prime})\over{\delta\rho(r')}}dr^{\prime\prime}=\delta(r-r')</math>, | ||
one obtains the [[Ornstein-Zernike relation]]. | one obtains the [[Ornstein-Zernike relation]]. |
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Defining the local activity by where , and is the Boltzmann constant. Using those definitions the grand canonical partition function can be written as
- .
By functionally-differentiating with respect to , and utilizing the mathematical theorem concerning the functional derivative,
- ,
we get the following equations with respect to the density pair correlation functions.
- ,
- .
A relation between and can be obtained after some manipulation as,
Now, we define the direct correlation function by an inverse relation of Eq. (\ref{deltarho}),
Inserting Eqs. (\ref{deltarho}) and (\ref{deltalnz}) into the chain-rule theorem of functional derivatives,
- ,
one obtains the Ornstein-Zernike relation. Thus the Ornstein-Zernike relation is, in a sense, a differential form of the partition function.