Computational implementation of integral equations

Integral equations are solved numerically. One has the Ornstein-Zernike relation, Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \gamma (12)} and a closure relation, Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle c_2 (12)} (which incorporates the bridge function Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle B(12)} ). The numerical solution is iterative;

1. trial solution for Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \gamma (12)}
2. calculate Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle c_2 (12)}
3. use the Ornstein-Zernike relation to generate a new Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \gamma (12)} etc.

Note that the value of Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle c_2 (12)} is local, i.e. the value of Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle c_2 (12)} at a given point is given by the value of Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \gamma (12)} at this point. However, the Ornstein-Zernike relation is non-local. The way to convert the Ornstein-Zernike relation into a local equation is to perform a (fast) Fourier transform (FFT). Note: convergence is poor for liquid densities. (See Ref.s 1 to 6).

Ng acceleration

• Kin-Chue Ng "Hypernetted chain solutions for the classical one-component plasma up to Gamma=7000", Journal of Chemical Physics 61 pp. 2680-2689 (1974)

References

1. M. J. Gillan "A new method of solving the liquid structure integral equations" Molecular Physics 38 pp. 1781-1794 (1979)
2. Stanislav Labík, Anatol Malijevský and Petr Voncaronka "A rapidly convergent method of solving the OZ equation", Molecular Physics 56 pp. 709-715 (1985)
3. F. Lado "Integral equations for fluids of linear molecules I. General formulation", Molecular Physics 47 pp. 283-298 (1982)
4. F. Lado "Integral equations for fluids of linear molecules II. Hard dumbell solutions", Molecular Physics 47 pp. 299-311 (1982)
5. F. Lado "Integral equations for fluids of linear molecules III. Orientational ordering", Molecular Physics 47 pp. 313-317 (1982)
6. Enrique Lomba "An efficient procedure for solving the reference hypernetted chain equation (RHNC) for simple fluids" Molecular Physics 68 pp. 87-95 (1989)