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Springer Theory And Simulation Of Hard-Sphere Fluids And Related Systems 2008 Edition by Angel Mulero
Hard spheres and related objects (hard disks and mixtures of hard systems) are paradigmatic systems: indeed they have served as a basis for the theoretical and numerical development of a number of fields such as general liquids and fluids amorphous solids liquid crystals colloids and granular matter to name but a few. The present volume introduces and reviews some important basics and progress in the study of such systems. Their structure thermodynamic properties equations of state as well as kinetic and transport properties are considered from different and complementary points of view. This book addresses graduate students lecturers as well as researchers in statistical mechanics physics of liquids physical chemistry and chemical engineering. Table of contents : Structure of Hard Spheres and Related Systems.- to the Thermodynamics of Hard Spheres and Related Systems.- Equations of State for Hard Spheres and Hard Disks.- Application of Hard-Sphere and Hard-Disk Equations of State to the Weeks-Chandler-Andersen Reference System.- Binary Mixtures of Additive Hard Spheres. Simulations and Theories.- Alternative Approaches to the Equilibrium Properties of Hard-Sphere Liquids.- Density Functional Theories of Hard Particle Systems.- Ensemble Effects in Small Systems.- Modelling of Transport Properties of Hard Sphere Fluids and Related Systems and its Applications.- Kinetic Theory for Binary Granular Mixtures at Low Density.