Using mean field theory to determine the structure of uniform fluids

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 416-425

  Vollmayr Lee, Katharina ^a   Katsov, Kirill ^b   Weeks, John D ^c  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FLUID DYNAMICS;

LENNARD-JONES FLUID; MEAN FIELD THEORY;

FLUIDS;

EID: 0035151780     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1329881     Document Type: Article

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