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Molecular mean field theory for liquid water

Statistical Mechanics 2010-04-12 v1 Soft Condensed Matter

Abstract

Attractive bonding interactions between molecules typically have inherent conservation laws which influence the statistical properties of such systems in terms of corresponding sum rules. We considered lattice water as an example and enunciated the consequences of the sum rule through a general computational procedure called "Molecular mean field" theory. Fluctuations about mean field are computed and many of the liquid properties have been deduced and compared with Monte Carlo simulation, molecular dynamics and experimental results. Large correlation lengths are seen to be a consequence of the sum rule in liquid phase. Long range Coulomb interactions are shown to have minor effects on our results.

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@article{arxiv.1004.1547,
  title  = {Molecular mean field theory for liquid water},
  author = {Jampa Maruthi Pradeep Kanth and Ramesh Anishetty},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1004.1547},
  year   = {2010}
}

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31 pages (total), 11 figures

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