Theory of Simple Liquids

✍ Scribed by Jean-Pierre Hansen and Ian R. McDonald (Auth.)

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 561
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book gives a comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of the theory of ''simple'' liquids. The new second edition has been rearranged and considerably expanded to give a balanced account both of basic theory and of the advances of the past decade. It presents the main ideas of modern liquid state theory in a way that is both pedagogical and self-contained. The book should be accessible to graduate students and research workers, both experimentalists and theorists, who have a good background in elementary mechanics.

Key Features
Compares theoretical deductions with experimental results
Molecular dynamics
Monte Carlo computations
Covers ionic, metallic, and molecular liquids

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface to the Second Edition, Pages v-vi
Preface to the First Edition, Pages vii-viii
CHAPTER 1 - Introduction, Pages 1-12
CHAPTER 2 - Statistical Mechanics and Molecular Distribution Functions, Pages 13-44
CHAPTER 3 - Computer “Experiments” on Liquids, Pages 45-68
CHAPTER 4 - Diagrammatic Expansions, Pages 69-96
CHAPTER 5 - Distribution Function Theories, Pages 97-144
CHAPTER 6 - Perturbation Theories, Pages 145-192
CHAPTER 7 - Time-dependent Correlation Functions and Response Functions, Pages 193-252
CHAPTER 8 - Hydrodynamics and Transport Coefficients, Pages 253-302
CHAPTER 9 - Microscopic Theories of Time-correlation Functions, Pages 303-363
CHAPTER 10 - Ionic Liquids, Pages 364-405
CHAPTER 11 - Simple Liquid Metals, Pages 406-438
CHAPTER 12 - Molecular Liquids, Pages 439-508
References, Pages 509-526
Appendix A - LEMMAS ON DIAGRAMS, Pages 527-531
Appendix B - SOLUTION OF THE PY EQUATION FOR HARD SPHERES, Pages 532-536
Appendix C - RADIAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION OF HARD SPHERES, Pages 537-538
Appendix D - λ-EXPANSION OF THE PAIR DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION, Pages 539-541
Appendix E - THE HIERARCHY OF PHASE-SPACE CORRELATION FUNCTIONS, Pages 542-547
Index, Pages 549-556