Is there Ornstein-Zernike equation in the canonical ensemble?

Details Is there Ornstein-Zernike equation in the canonical ensemble? Is there Ornstein-Zernike equation in the canonical ensemble?

2000-09-07

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0009113v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

5 pages, RevTeX. Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett

Scientific paper

10.1209/epl/i2001-00270-x

A general density-functional formalism using an extended variable-space is presented for classical fluids in the canonical ensemble (CE). An exact equation is derived that plays the role of the Ornstein-Zernike (OZ) equation in the grand canonical ensemble (GCE). When applied to the ideal gas we obtain the exact result for the total correlation function h_N. For a homogeneous fluid with N particles the new equation only differs from OZ by 1/N and it allows to obtain an approximate expression for h_N in terms of its GCE counterpart that agrees with the expansion of h_N in powers of 1/N.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Is there Ornstein-Zernike equation in the canonical ensemble? does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Is there Ornstein-Zernike equation in the canonical ensemble?, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Is there Ornstein-Zernike equation in the canonical ensemble? will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-721988