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Structural stability of simple fluids and accuracy of integral-equation theories

Malescio1, Giaquinta

  • 1Dipartimento di Fisica, Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia and Universita degli Studi di Messina, Contrada Papardo, 98166 Messina, Italy.

Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics
|November 23, 2000
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