Molecular fields and statistical field theory of fluids. Application to interface phenomena

Abstract

Using the integral transformation, the field-theoretical Hamiltonian of the statistical field theory of fluids is obtained, along with the microscopic expressions for the coefficients of the Hamiltonian. Applying this approach to the liquid-vapor interface, we derive an explicit analytical expression for the surface tension in terms of temperature, density and parameters of inter-molecular potential. We also demonstrate that a clear physical interpretation may be given to the formal statistical field arising in the integral transformation - it may be associated with the one-body local microscopic potential. The results of the theory, lacking any ad-hoc or fitting parameters are in a good agreement with available simulation data.

arXiv commentAccepted for publication in Phys. Rev. E

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