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*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.12.326 Kazuo Hiroike "Radial Distribution Function of Fluids I", Journal of the Physical Society of Japan '''12''' pp. 326-334 (1957)]
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*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.12.864 Kazuo Hiroike "Radial Distribution Function of Fluids II", Journal of the Physical Society of Japan '''12''' pp. pp. 864-873 (1957)]
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*[http://doi.org/10.1063/1.4973804 Sergey V. Sukhomlinov, Martin H. Müser "Determination of accurate, mean bond lengths from radial distribution functions", Journal of Chemical Physics '''146''' 024506 (2017)]
*[http://doi.org/10.1063/1.4973804 Sergey V. Sukhomlinov, Martin H. Müser "Determination of accurate, mean bond lengths from radial distribution functions", Journal of Chemical Physics '''146''' 024506 (2017)]




[[category: statistical mechanics]]
[[category: statistical mechanics]]

Revision as of 16:09, 7 October 2019

The radial distribution function is a special case of the pair distribution function for an isotropic system. A Fourier transform of the radial distribution function results in the structure factor, which is experimentally measurable. The following plot is of a typical radial distribution function for the monatomic Lennard-Jones liquid.

Typical radial distribution function for the monatomic Lennard-Jones liquid.
Typical radial distribution function for the monatomic Lennard-Jones liquid.

Density Expansion of the radial distribution function

The radial distribution function of a compressed gas may be expanded in powers of the density [1]

where is the number of molecules per unit volume and is the intermolecular pair potential. The function is normalized to the value 1 for large distances. As is known, , , ... can be expressed by cluster integrals in which the position of of two particles is kept fixed. In classical mechanics, and on the assumption of additivity of intermolecular forces, one has


where is the distance , where is the Mayer f-function

and

See also

References

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