2005
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-005-8080-0
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Ninth and Tenth Order Virial Coefficients for Hard Spheres in D Dimensions

Abstract: We evaluate the virial coefficients B k for k ≤ 10 for hard spheres in dimensions D = 2, · · · , 8. Virial coefficients with k even are found to be negative when D ≥ 5. This provides strong evidence that the leading singularity for the virial series lies away from the positive real axis when D ≥ 5. Further analysis provides evidence that negative virial coefficients will be seen for some k > 10 for D = 4, and there is a distinct possibility that negative virial coefficients will also eventually occur for D = 3. Show more

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“…As in a variety of interacting many-body systems [12], we expect studies of hard-sphere packings in high dimensions to yield great insight into the corresponding phenomena in lower dimensions. Analytical investigations of hard-spheres can be readily extended into arbitrary spatial dimension [13,14,15,16,17,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29] and high dimensions can therefore be used as a stringent testing ground for such theories. Along these lines and of particular interest to this paper, predictions have been made about long-wavelength density fluctuations [25] and decorrelation [27,28] in disordered hard-sphere packings in high dimensions.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As in a variety of interacting many-body systems [12], we expect studies of hard-sphere packings in high dimensions to yield great insight into the corresponding phenomena in lower dimensions. Analytical investigations of hard-spheres can be readily extended into arbitrary spatial dimension [13,14,15,16,17,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29] and high dimensions can therefore be used as a stringent testing ground for such theories. Along these lines and of particular interest to this paper, predictions have been made about long-wavelength density fluctuations [25] and decorrelation [27,28] in disordered hard-sphere packings in high dimensions.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The meaning of this is controversial and the present authors argue that the true large k behaviour is not seen in the first 10 coefficients. More complete analysis and discussion of this is given in [19].…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Our results for the leading singularity on the real positive azis in dimensions D = 2, 3, 4 are tabulated in Table 3. More detailed analysis will appear in [19]. The notation L, M ; N refers to an inhomogeneous first order differential approximant, which is the solution of…”
Section: Differential Approximantsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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