
Hard-Sphere Fluid and Solid 117
0.8
1.0
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
2.0
2.2
1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5
g(x)
x
0.90
0.95
1.00
1.05
1.8 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.6
x
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5
g(x)
x
0.5
0.7
0.9
1.1
1.3
1.5
1.5 1.7 1.9 2.1 2.3 2.5
x
0.0
2.0
4.0
6.0
8.0
1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3
ρ
*
= 1.00
ρ
*
= 1.00
ρ
*
= 0.90
ρ
*
= 0.90
ρ
*
= 0.50
ρ
*
= 0.50
1.4 1.5
g(x)
g(x)g(x)g(x)
x(a) (b)
0.4
0.8
1.2
1.6
1.5 1.7 1.9 2.1 2.3 2.5
x
FIGURE 5.2 Radial distribution function of the HS fluid as a function of the reduced distance
x = r/σ for three different reduced densities ρ
∗
= ρσ
3
in the region near contact (a) and in the
region around the second maximum (b). The points are the simulation data from Kolafa et al.
(2004b), the dashed ...