Pair distribution function

For a fluid of $N$ particles, enclosed in a volume 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 V} at a given temperature 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 T} (canonical ensemble) interacting via the `central' intermolecular pair potential 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 \Phi(r)} , the two particle distribution function is defined as

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 {\rm g}_N^{(2)}({\mathbf r}_1,{\mathbf r}_2)= V^2 \frac{\int ... \int e^{-\beta \Phi({\mathbf r}_1,...,{\mathbf r}_N)}{\rm d}{\mathbf r}_3...{\rm d}{\mathbf r}_N}{\int e^{-\beta \Phi({\mathbf r}_1,...,{\mathbf r}_N)}{\rm d}{\mathbf r}_1...{\rm d}{\mathbf r}_N}}

where $\beta :=1/(k_{B}T)$, where 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 k_B} is the Boltzmann constant.

Exact convolution equation 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 {\mathrm g}(r)}

See Eq. 5.10 of Ref. 1:

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where, i.e. 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 r_{12} = |{\mathbf r}_2 - {\mathbf r}_1|} .

See also

• Radial distribution function
• Compressibility equation
• Pressure equation
• Energy equation

References

1. J. S. Rowlinson "The equation of state of dense systems", Reports on Progress in Physics 28 pp. 169-199 (1965)
2. N. G. Almarza and E. Lomba "Determination of the interaction potential from the pair distribution function: An inverse Monte Carlo technique", Physical Review E 68 011202 (2003)