Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2009-11-28
J. Chem. Phys. 132, 144508-1-8 (2010)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
8 pages; 4 figures; v2: slight change of title; proof extended to multicomponent fluids
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.3367206
As is well known, approximate integral equations for liquids, such as the hypernetted chain (HNC) and Percus--Yevick (PY) theories, are in general thermodynamically inconsistent in the sense that the macroscopic properties obtained from the spatial correlation functions depend on the route followed. In particular, the values of the fourth virial coefficient $B_4$ predicted by the HNC and PY approximations via the virial route differ from those obtained via the compressibility route. Despite this, it is shown in this paper that the value of $B_4$ obtained from the virial route in the HNC theory is exactly three halves the value obtained from the compressibility route in the PY theory, irrespective of the interaction potential (whether isotropic or not), the number of components, and the dimensionality of the system. This simple relationship is confirmed in one-component systems by analytical results for the one-dimensional penetrable-square-well model and the three-dimensional penetrable-sphere model, as well as by numerical results for the one-dimensional Lennard--Jones model, the one-dimensional Gaussian core model, and the three-dimensional square-well model.
Manzano Gema
Santos Andrés
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