Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2001-03-16
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
18 pages, no figure
Scientific paper
10.1088/0953-8984/13/33/301
At first, pressure formulas for the electrons under the external potential produced by fixed nuclei are derived both in the surface integral and volume integral forms concerning an arbitrary volume chosen in the system; the surface integral form is described by a pressure tensor consisting of a sum of the kinetic and exchange-correlation parts in the density-functional theory, and the volume integral form represents the virial theorem with subtraction of the nuclear virial. Secondly on the basis of these formulas, the thermodynamical pressure of liquid metals and plasmas is represented in the forms of the surface integral and the volume integral including the nuclear contribution. From these results, we obtain a virial pressure formula for liquid metals, which is more accurate and simpler than the standard representation. From the view point of our formulation, some comments are made on pressure formulas derived previously and on a definition of pressure widely used.
Chihara Junzo
Fukumoto Ichirou
Totsuji Hiroo
Yamagiwa Mitsuru
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