
doi: 10.5488/cmp.13.13002
The free energy and pressure of a fluid, as given by perturbation theory, involve integrals of the hard sphere correlation functions and their density derivatives. In most applications a straightforward procedure would be to obtain these integrals, possibly numerically, using the formulae and computer codes for the hard sphere correlation functions, given previously [Mol. Phys., 2007, 106, 2; Condens. Matter Phys., 2009, 12, 127], followed by numerical differentiation with respect to the density and a possible compounding of errors. More sophisticated methods are given in this paper, which is the second in a planned trilogy, drawn from the author's lecture notes. Three representative model fluids are considered. They are the square-well fluid, the Yukawa fluid, and the Lennard-Jones fluid. Each model fluid is popular for theoretical and engineering calculations and can represent a simple fluid such as argon. With the methods presented here, numerical integration and differentiation are not necessary for the square-well and Yukawa fluids. Numerical integration cannot be easily avoided in the case of the Lennard-Jones fluid. However, numerical differentiation with respect to the density is not required.
analytic methods, inverse temperature expansion, compressibility approximations, Physics, QC1-999, perturbation theory
analytic methods, inverse temperature expansion, compressibility approximations, Physics, QC1-999, perturbation theory
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