Hemmer and Stell model

The Hemmer and Stell model intermolecular pair potential, $\Phi (r)$, is given by (Ref. 1 Eq. 2, Ref. 2 Eq. 1-3):

$\Phi (r)=\Phi (r)_{\mathrm {repulsive} }+\Phi (r)_{\mathrm {attractive} }$

where a short range piece-wise potential

$\Phi (r)_{\mathrm {repulsive} }=\left\{{\begin{array}{ll}\infty &{\rm {if}}\;r<d\\V_{0}\left({\frac {1-(r-d)}{\lambda d}}\right)&{\rm {if}}\;d<r<d(1+\lambda )\\0&{\rm {if}}\;d(1+\lambda )<r\end{array}}\right.$

where $d$ is the hard core radius, along with a long-range attractive potential;

$\Phi (r)_{\mathrm {attractive} }=-a\gamma \exp(-\gamma r)$

where $a$ is a positive constant.

References

1. P. C. Hemmer and G. Stell "Fluids with Several Phase Transitions", Physical Review Letters 24 pp. 1284 - 1287 (1970)
2. G. Stell and P. C. Hemmer, "Phase Transitions Due to Softness of the Potential Core", Journal of Chemical Physics' 56, pp. 4274-4286 (1972)