Communication: Contact values of pair distribution functions in colloidal hard disks by test-particle insertion

• Published in: The Journal of chemical physics Vol. 148; no. 24; p. 241102
• Main Authors: Stones, Adam Edward, Dullens, Roel P A, Aarts, Dirk G A L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 28.06.2018

We apply Henderson's method for measuring the cavity distribution function y(r) [J. Henderson, Mol. Phys. 48, 389 (1983)] to obtain the pair distribution function at contact, g(σ ). In contrast to the conventional distance-histogram method, no approximate extrapolation to contact is required. T...