Published February 1986
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Journal article
A case study of the MSA approach to quantized polarizable media
Description
The mean spherical approximation (MSA) has proved to be a very general and flexible method to analyze equilibrium statistical mechanical systems. In this paper the authors test its accuracy against a simple one-dimensional model: a lattice gas of polarizable molecules where the internal degree of freedom is treated as quantized harmonic oscillators which interact via harmonic forces. This model can be solved exactly. The authors find very good agreement between the MSA and exact solutions
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- J. Stat. Phys.
- Journal Volume
- 42
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Series
- J. Stat. Phys.
- Journal Page Range
- 523-540
- ISSN
- 0022-4715
- CODEN
- JSTPB
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 18033274
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCURACY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; ENERGY LEVELS; EQUILIBRIUM; GASES; HAMILTONIANS; HARMONIC OSCILLATOR MODELS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; PARTICLE MODELS; PARTITION FUNCTIONS; QUANTIZATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPIN ORIENTATION; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; THERMODYNAMICS
- Descriptors DEC
- FLUIDS; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MECHANICS; ORIENTATION; QUANTUM OPERATORS