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Extension of the Uhlenbeck-Ford Model with an Attraction

Statistical Mechanics 2023-02-01 v1

Abstract

The Uhlenbeck-Ford model for soft repulsion, which has only a repulsive interaction, is extended by inclusion of an attraction. This extension still allows an analytical evaluation of the virial coefficients. The integrals over the graph contributions are reduced to a combinatorial problem. We have calculated the virial coefficients to order 6 in the density. A link is made between this model and more common interactions, like the 12-6 Lennard-Jones potential.

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@article{arxiv.2207.10399,
  title  = {Extension of the Uhlenbeck-Ford Model with an Attraction},
  author = {J. M. J. van Leeuwen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.10399},
  year   = {2023}
}