Title: On the convergence of Green's entropy expansion
Abstract: We tested the convergence of Green's entropy expansion for hard sphere systems of different dimensions (D = 1, 2, 3). We compared the two-body and (for D= 1 and 3) the sum of the two-body and three-body entropy contributions to the total excess entropy in these systems. The qualitative properties of the expansion are very similar for the three tested models. The two-body contribution gives a good estimate of the excess entropy at low densities but underestimates the absolute value of the excess entropy at intermediate densities. In this region the inclusion of the three-body entropy contribution improves the accuracy of the expansion. Close to the phase transition density (in D= 2,3) the two-body entropy — due to fortuitous cancellations — is again a good approximation of the excess entropy.
Publication Year: 1992
Publication Date: 1992-09-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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