Ninth and tenth order virial coefficients for hard spheres in D dimensions

We evaluate the virial coefficients Bk for for hard spheres in dimensions Virial coefficients with k even are found to be negative when This provides strong evidence that the leading singularity for the virial series lies away from the positive real axis when . Further analysis provides evidence tha...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of statistical physics 2006-01, Vol.122 (1), p.15-57
Hauptverfasser: CLISBY, Nathan, MCCOY, Barry M
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We evaluate the virial coefficients Bk for for hard spheres in dimensions Virial coefficients with k even are found to be negative when This provides strong evidence that the leading singularity for the virial series lies away from the positive real axis when . Further analysis provides evidence that negative virial coefficients will be seen for some k > 10 for D = 4, and there is a distinct possibility that negative virial coefficients will also eventually occur for D = 3.
ISSN:0022-4715
1572-9613
DOI:10.1007/s10955-005-8080-0