Isothermal-isobaric ensemble
Variables:
- N (Number of particles)
- p (Pressure)
- T (Temperature)
The classical partition function, for a one-component atomic system in 3-dimensional space, is given by
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where
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References
- D. Frenkel and B. Smit, "Understanding Molecular Simulation: From Alogrithms to Applications", Academic Press