Application of the cluster variation method to the hole theory of fluids (Q1080705)
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Application of the cluster variation method to the hole theory of fluids (English)
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1984
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The pair approximation of the cluster variation method is applied to the hole theory of classical fluids and the melting transition of the hard- sphere system is discussed. The exact free volume of the hard-sphere molecule is used to make up an effective 'interaction' assigned to a cluster which consists of an occupied site by a molecule and its nearest neighbour sites occupied by molecules and holes. This method supplies much improved results compared with those of the molecular-field approximation which corresponds to the site-approximation in the cluster variation method.
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pair approximation
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cluster variation method
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hole theory of classical fluids
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melting transition
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hard-sphere system
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exact free volume
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molecular-field approximation
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