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The '''Sutherland potential''' <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14786449308620508 William Sutherland "The viscosity of gases and molecular force", Philosophical Magazine '''36''' pp. 507-531 (1893)]</ref><ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.36.1025 H. W. Graben and R. D. Present "Third Virial Coefficient for the Sutherland (∞, ν) Potential", Reviews of Modern Physics '''36''' pp.  1025-1033 (1964)]</ref> is given by
The '''Sutherland potential''' <ref>W. Sutherland, Philosophical Magazine '''36''' pp. 507- (1893) </ref><ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.36.1025 H. W. Graben and R. D. Present "Third Virial Coefficient for the Sutherland (∞, ν) Potential", Reviews of Modern Physics '''36''' pp.  1025-1033 (1964)]</ref> is given by


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where <math> \Phi_{12}\left( r \right) </math> is the [[intermolecular pair potential]], <math>r := |\mathbf{r}_1 - \mathbf{r}_2|</math> is the distance between site 1 and site 2,  
where <math> \Phi_{12}\left( r \right) </math> is the [[intermolecular pair potential]], <math>r := |\mathbf{r}_1 - \mathbf{r}_2|</math> is the distance between site 1 and site 2,  
<math> \sigma </math> is the hard diameter, <math> \epsilon </math> is the energy well depth (<math> \epsilon > 0 </math>), and
<math> \sigma </math> is the radius of the central hard core, <math> \epsilon </math> is the energy well depth (<math> \epsilon > 0 </math>), and
<math> \gamma </math> is a parameter that controls the interaction range.
<math> \gamma </math> is a parameter that controls the interaction range. For example, for <math>\gamma=6</math> the potential look like


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==References==
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Latest revision as of 14:32, 6 April 2010

The Sutherland potential [1][2] is given by

where is the intermolecular pair potential, is the distance between site 1 and site 2, is the radius of the central hard core, is the energy well depth (), and is a parameter that controls the interaction range. For example, for the potential look like

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