Abstract
Iso-g (2) processes in the equilibrium regime concern density-dependent interactions that identically cancel the usual density variation of many-body pair correlation functions. This paper considers the formal density expansion for effective pair potentials with this iso-g (2) property, showing how successive terms in that expansion can be determined iteratively. Explicit results through second density order have been obtained for two types of 'target' pair correlation functions: (a) a unit step function (hard core), and (b) unity augmented by an origin-centred Gaussian profile with numerical multiplier A. For the unit step function and the -1 ≤ A < 0 Gaussian cases, readability appears to be attainable up to a finite terminal density. However, when the Gaussian A > 0, the terminal density diverges to infinity while the effective pair interaction series is non-convergent, though possibly valid as an asymptotic expansion.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2943-2949 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Molecular Physics |
Volume | 103 |
Issue number | 21-23 SPEC. ISS. |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 1 2005 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Biophysics
- Molecular Biology
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry