On the relationship between the density functional formalism and the potential distribution theory for nonuniform fluids

DOI10.1007/BF01011432zbMath0514.76004MaRDI QIDQ1051521

Alberto Robledo, Carlos A. B. Varea

Publication date: 1981

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

hard spheresequilibrium densitydensity functionalsdensity gradient expansion of free energygrand potential of nonuniform fluidpotential distribution theorysinglet densitysystem of hard rods

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of liquids (82D15) Foundations of fluid mechanics (76A02)

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