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where <math> \eta \equiv \frac{ N \sigma}{L} </math>; is the franction of ''volume'' (length) occupied by the rods.
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Revision as of 12:11, 27 February 2007

Hard Rods, 1-dimensional system with hard sphere interactions.

The statistical mechanics of this system can be solved exactly (see Ref. 1).

Canonical Ensemble: Configuration Integral

Consider a system of length defined in the range .

Our aim is to compute the partition function of a system of hard rods of length .

Model:

  • External Potential; the whole length of the rod must be inside the range:
  • Pair Potential:

where is the position of the center of the k-th rod.

Consider that the particles are ordered according to their label: ;

taking into account the pair potential we can write the canonical parttion function (configuration integral) of a system of particles as:

Variable change:  ; we get:

Therefore:

Thermodynamics

Helmholtz energy function

In the thermodynamic limit (i.e. with , remaining finite):

Equation of state

From the basic thermodynamics, the pressure [linear tension in this case] can be written as:

where ; is the fraction of volume (length) occupied by the rods.

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References

  1. Lewi Tonks "The Complete Equation of State of One, Two and Three-Dimensional Gases of Hard Elastic Spheres", Physical Review 50 pp. 955- (1936)
  2. L. van Hove "Quelques Propriétés Générales De L'intégrale De Configuration D'un Système De Particules Avec Interaction", Physica, 15 pp. 951-961 (1949)
  3. L. van Hove, "Sur L'intégrale de Configuration Pour Les Systèmes De Particules À Une Dimension", Physica, 16 pp. 137-143 (1950)