What Is a Simple Liquid?

This paper is an attempt to identify the real essence of simplicity of liquids in John Locke’s understanding of the term. Simple liquids are traditionally defined as many-body systems of classical particles interacting via radially symmetric pair potentials. We suggest that a simple liquid should be...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Trond S. Ingebrigtsen, Thomas B. Schrøder, Jeppe C. Dyre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2012-03-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.2.011011