Three-Particle Correlations in Simple Liquids
arXiv:cond-mat/0305176 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.115502
Abstract
We use video microscopy to follow the phase-space trajectory of a two-dimensional colloidal model liquid and calculate three-point correlation functions from the measured particle configurations. Approaching the fluid-solid transition by increasing the strength of the pair-interaction potential, one observes the gradual formation of a crystal-like local order due to triplet correlations, while being still deep inside the fluid phase. Furthermore, we show that in a strongly interacting system the Born-Green equation can be satisfied only with the full triplet correlation function but not with three-body distribution functions obtained from superposing pair-correlations (Kirkwood superposition approximation).
4 pages, submitted to PRL, experimental paper, 2nd version: Fig.1 and two new paragraphs have been added
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