Radial distribution function: Difference between revisions

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In [[computational mechanics]] and [[statistical mechanics]], a '''radial distribution function''' (RDF), ''g''(''r''), describes how the density of surrounding matter varies as a function of the distance from a particular point.

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Currently, information on how to obtain the higher order distribution functions (<math>g^{(3)}(\rm{r}_{1},\rm{r}_{2},\rm{r}_{3})</math>, etc.) is not available, and scientists rely on approximations based upon [[statistical mechanics]].

==Free Computational Tools==

*[http://www.physics.emory.edu/~weeks/idl/download.html IDL Macros]

*[http://www.shocksolution.com/microfluidics-and-biotechnology/calculating-the-pair-correlation-function-in-python/ Python functions]

==References==