A Concise Course on the Theory of Classical Liquids Basics and Selected Topics /

• Main Author: Santos, Andrés (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 923
• Subjects: Physics.; Physical chemistry.; Fluids.; Thermodynamics.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Physical Chemistry.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.

This short primer offers non-specialist readers a concise, yet comprehensive introduction to the field of classical fluids – providing both fundamental information and a number of selected topics to bridge the gap between the basics and ongoing research. In particular, hard-sphere systems represent...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Preface
• Summary of Thermodynamic Potentials
• Summary of Equilibrium Statistical Ensembles
• Density Expansion of the Equation of State
• Spatial Correlation Functions and Thermodynamic Routes
• One-Dimensional Systems. Exact Solution for Nearest-Neighbor Interactions
• Density Expansion of the Radial Distribution Function. Approximate Integral Equations
• Exact Solution of the Percus–Yevick Approximation for Hard Spheres ... and Beyond
• Index
• References.