On standardised moments of force distribution in simple liquids
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Jonathan Utterson, Radek Erban
The force distribution of a tagged atom in a Lennard-Jones fluid in the canonical ensemble is studied with a focus on its dependence on inherent physical parameters: number density (n) and temperature (T). Utilising structural information from molecular dynamics simulations of the Lennard-Jones fluid, explicit analytical expressions for the dependence of standardised force moments on n and T are derived. Leading order behaviour of standardised moments of the force distribution are obtained in the limiting cases of small density (n → 0) and low temperature (T → 0), while the variations in the standardised moments are probed for general n and T using molecular dynamics simulations. Clustering effects are seen in molecular dynamics simulations and their effect on these standardised moments is discussed.
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