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\Phi_{\rm repulsive} (r) = \left\{  
\Phi_{\rm repulsive} (r) = \left\{  
\begin{array}{ll}
\begin{array}{ll}
u_{\rm LJ}(r) + \epsilon & {\rm if} \; r < 2^{1/6}\sigma \\
\Phi_{\rm LJ}(r) + \epsilon & {\rm if} \; r < 2^{1/6}\sigma \\
0 &  {\rm if} \; r \ge 2^{1/6}\sigma  
0 &  {\rm if} \; r \ge 2^{1/6}\sigma  
\end{array} \right.
\end{array} \right.
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\begin{array}{ll}
\begin{array}{ll}
-\epsilon & {\rm if} \; r < 2^{1/6}\sigma \\
-\epsilon & {\rm if} \; r < 2^{1/6}\sigma \\
u_{\rm LJ}(r) &  {\rm if} \; r \ge 2^{1/6}\sigma  
\Phi_{\rm LJ}(r) &  {\rm if} \; r \ge 2^{1/6}\sigma  
\end{array} \right.
\end{array} \right.
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Revision as of 14:25, 21 June 2007

The Weeks-Chandler-Anderson perturbation theory is based on the following decomposition of the intermolecular pair potential (in particular, the Lennard-Jones potential ):

The reference system pair potential is given by (Eq, 4 Ref. 1):

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_{\rm repulsive} (r) = \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} \Phi_{\rm LJ}(r) + \epsilon & {\rm if} \; r < 2^{1/6}\sigma \\ 0 & {\rm if} \; r \ge 2^{1/6}\sigma \end{array} \right. }

and the perturbation potential is given by (Eq, 5 Ref. 1):

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_{\rm attractive} (r) = \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} -\epsilon & {\rm if} \; r < 2^{1/6}\sigma \\ \Phi_{\rm LJ}(r) & {\rm if} \; r \ge 2^{1/6}\sigma \end{array} \right. }

References

  1. John D. Weeks, David Chandler and Hans C. Andersen "Role of Repulsive Forces in Determining the Equilibrium Structure of Simple Liquids", Journal of Chemical Physics 54 pp. 5237-5247 (1971)