Statistical Field Theory for Simple fluids : Mean Field and Gaussian Approximations
Statistical Mechanics
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
We present an exact field theoretical representation of the statistical mechanics of simple classical liquids with short-ranged pairwise additive interactions. The action of the field theory is obtained by performing a Hubbard-Stratonovich transformation of the configurational Boltzmann factor. The mean field and Gaussian approximations of the theory are derived and applications to the liquid-vapour transition considered.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0211113,
title = {Statistical Field Theory for Simple fluids : Mean Field and Gaussian Approximations},
author = {J. - M. Caillol},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0211113},
year = {2009}
}
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25 pages, 2 figures