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In statistical mechanics, the radial distribution function, (or pair correlation function) in a system of particles (atoms, molecules, colloids, etc.), describes how density varies as a function of distance from a reference particle. If a given particle is taken to be at the origin O, and if is the average number density of particles, then the local time-averaged density at a distance from O is . This simplified definition holds for a homogeneous and isotropic system. A more general case will be considered below. In simplest terms it is a measure of the probability of finding a particle at a distance of away from a given reference particle, relative to that for an ideal gas. The general algorithm involves determining how many particles are within a distance of r and r+dr away from a particle. This general theme is depicted to the right, where the red particle is our reference particle, and blue particles are those which are within the circular shell, dotted in orange. The RDF is usually determined by calculating the distance between all particle pairs and binning them into a histogram. The histogram is then normalized with respect to an ideal gas, where particle histograms are completely uncorrelated. For three dimensions, this normalization is the number density of the system multiplied by the volume of the spherical shell, which mathematically can be expressed as , where is the number density. Given a potential energy function, the radial distribution function can be computed either via computer simulation methods like the Monte Carlo method, or via the Ornstein-Zernike equation, using approximative closure relations like the Percus-Yevick approximation or the Hypernetted Chain Theory. It can also be determined experimentally, by radiation scattering techniques or by direct visualization for large enough (micrometer-sized) particles via traditional or confocal microscopy. The radial distribution function is of fundamental importance since it can be used, using the Kirkwood–Buff solution theory, to link the microscopic details to macroscopic properties. Moreover, by the reversion of the Kirkwood-Buff theory, it is possible to attain the microscopic details of the radial distribution function from the macroscopic properties. ==Definition== Consider a system of particles in a volume (for an average number density ) and at a temperature (let us also define ). The particle coordinates are , with . The potential energy due to the interaction between particles is and we do not consider the case of an externally applied field. The appropriate averages are taken in the canonical ensemble , with the configurational integral, taken over all possible combinations of particle positions. The probability of an elementary configuration, namely finding particle 1 in , particle 2 in , etc. is given by } \, \mathrm \mathbf_1 \cdots \mathrm \mathbf_N\, .|}} The total number of particles is huge, so that in itself is not very useful. However, one can also obtain the probability of a reduced configuration, where the positions of only particles are fixed, in , with no constraints on the remaining particles. To this end, one has to integrate () over the remaining coordinates : : . The particles being identical, it is more relevant to consider the probability that ''any'' of them occupy positions in ''any'' permutation, thus defining the -''particle density'' For , () gives the one-particle density which, for a crystal, is a periodic function with sharp maxima at the lattice sites. For a (homogeneous) liquid, it is independent of the position and equal to the overall density of the system: : It is now time to introduce a correlation function by is called a correlation function, since if the atoms are independent from each other would simply equal and therefore corrects for the correlation between atoms. From () and () it follows that 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「radial distribution function」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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