A small system grand ensemble method for the study of hard-particle systems

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2563-2570

  Soto Campos, Gerardo ^a   Corti, David S ^a   Reiss, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000420542     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.475640     Document Type: Article

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