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instead, only water molecules with different amounts of paths (a) and (b) can be designated H 20* and those
excitation energy. These may follow any of three paths: following path (c) can be designated H 20t. It seems
reasonable to assume for the purpose of these calcula-
(a) The excitation energy is lost without dissociation
tions that the ionized H 20 molecules will become the
into radicals (by collision, or possibly radiation, as in H 20t molecules, but this is not likely to be a complete
aromatic hydrocarbons). correspondence.
(b) The molecules dissociate, but the resulting radi-
In conclusion we would like to emphasize that the
cals recombine without escaping from the liquid cage. qualitative result of this section is not critically de-
(c) The molecules dissociate and escape from the pendent on the exact values of the physical parameters
cage. In this case we would not expect them to move used. However, this treatment is classical, and a correct
more than a few molecular diameters through the dense treatment must be wave mechanical; therefore the
medium before being thermalized. result of this section cannot be taken as an a priori
In accordance with the notation introduced by theoretical prediction. The success of the radical diffu-
Burton, Magee, and Samuel,22 the molecules following sion model given above lends some plausibility to the
occurrence of electron capture as described by this
22 Burton, Magee, and Samuel, J. Chern. Phys. 20, 760 (1952). crude calculation. Further work is clearly needed.
A general method, suitable for fast computing machines, for investigatiflg such properties as equations of
state for substances consisting of interacting individual molecules is described. The method consists of a
modified Monte Carlo integration over configuration space. Results for the two-dimensional rigid-sphere
system have been obtained on the Los Alamos MANIAC and are presented here. These results are compared
to the free volume equation of state and to a four-term virial coefficient expansion.
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Our method in this respect is similar to the cell configurations with a probability exp ( - E/ kT) and
method except that our cells contain several hundred weight them evenly.
particles instead of one. One would think that such a This we do as follows: We place the N particles in any
sample would be quite adequate for describing any one- configuration, for example, in a regular lattice. Then
phase system. We do find, however, that in two-phase we move each of the particles in succession according
systems the surface between the phases makes quite a to the following prescription:
perturbation. Also, statistical fluctuations may be
sizable. (3)
If we know the positions of the N particles in the
square, we can easily calculate, for example, the poten-
where a is the maximum allowed displacement, which
tial energy of the system,
for the sake of this argument is arbitrary, and h and
N N are random numbers§ between (-1) and 1. Then, after
E=! L L V(d ii)· (1) we move a particle, it is equally likely to be anywhere
;=lj=1
within a square of side 2a centered about its original
position. (In accord with the periodicity assumption,
(Here V is the potential between molecules, and d ij is if the indicated move would put the particle outside the
the minimum distance between particles i and j as square, this only means that it re-enters the square from
defined above.) the opposite side.)
In order to calculate the properties of our system we We then calculate the change in energy of the system
use the canonical ensemble. So, to calculate the equi- b.E, which is caused by the move. If b.E<O, i.e., if
librium value of any quantity of interest F, the move would bring the system to a state of lower
energy, we allow the move and put the particle in its
F=[f FexP(-E/kT)d2NPd2Nq]/ new position. If b.E>O, we allow the move with
probability exp( - b.E/kT); i.e., we take a random
number between 0 and 1, and if < exp ( - b.E/ kT),
[f eXP(-E/kT)d2NPd2Nq} (2)
we move the particle to its new position. If
> exp( - b.E/kT) , we return it to its old position.
Then, whether the move has been allowed or not, i.e.,
where (d2 n pd2 nq) is a volume element in the 4N-dimen- whether we are in a different configuration or in the
sional phase space. Moreover, since forces between original configuration, we consider that we are in a new
particles are velocity-independent, the momentum in- configuration for the purpose of taking our averages. So
tegrals may be separated off, and we need perform only M
the integration over the 2N-dimensional configuration F= (l/M) L Fh (4)
space. It is evidently impractical to carry out a several i=1
hundred-dimensional integral by the usual numerical
methods, so we resort to the Monte Carlo method.t where F i is the value of the property F of the system
The Monte Carlo method for many-dimensional in- after the jth move is carried out according to the com-
tegrals consists simply of integrating over a random plete prescription above. Having attempted to move a
sampling of points instead of over a regular array of particle we proceed similarly with the next one.
points. We now prove that the method outlined above does
Thus the most naive method of carrying out the choose configurations with a probability exp(-E/kT).
integration would be to put each of the N particles at a Since a particle is allowed to move to any point within
random position in the square (this defines a random a square of side 2a with a finite probability, it is clear
point in the 2N-dimensional configuration space), then that a large enough number of moves will enable it to
calculate the energy of the system according to Eq. (1), reach any point in the complete square.11 Since this is
and give this configuration a weight exp(-E/kT). true of all particles, we may reach any point in con-
This method, however, is not practical for close-packed figuration space. Hence, the method is ergodic.
configurations, since with high probability we choose a Next consider a very large ensemble of systems. Sup-
configura tion where exp ( - E/ kT) is very small; hence pose for simplicity that there are only a finite number of
a configuration of very low weight. So the method we of the system, and that IIr is the number of
employ is actually a modified Monte Carlo scheme,
§ It might be mentioned that the random numbers that we
where, instead of choosing configurations randomly, used were generated by the middle square process. That is, if
then weighting them with exp ( - E/ kT), we choose is an m digit random number, then a new random number en+!
is as the middle m digits of the complete 2m digit square of
t This method has been proposed independently by J. E. Mayer II In practice it is, of course, not necessary to make enough
and by S. Ulam. Mayer suggested the method as a tool to deal moves to allow a particle to diffuse evenly throughout the system
with the problem of the liquid state, while Ulam proposed it as a since configuration space is symmetric with respect to interchange
procedure of general usefulness. B. Alder, J. Ki"kwood, S. Frankel, of particles.
and V. Lewinson discussed an application very similar to ours. '\I A state here means a given point in configuration space.
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CALCULATION OF STATE BY FAST MACHINES 1089
is
III. SPECIALIZATION TO RIGID SPHERES
IN TWO DIMENSIONS
-t I: {I: rijF,j},
i j
i'i"i
A. The Equation of State
The virial theorem of Clausius can be used to give with Fij the magnitude of the force between two par-
an equation of state in terms of ii, the average den- ticles and rij the distance between them. We see that
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, >I
,V V
,
'1
-r- X X X X X
)
X X X X
X X X X X
x X X
rii=d o and LiFii is given by Eq. (8), so we have The unit cell is a parallelogram with interior angle 60°,
side do, and altitude 3t do/2 in the close-packed system.
Every configuration reached by proceeding according
to the method of the preceding section was analyzed in
Substitution of (9) into (7) and replacement of terms of a radial distribution function N(r2). We chose
(N /2)mfP by E kin gives finally a K> 1 for each P and divided the area between 7l'd02
and K 27l'd o2 into sixty-four zones of equal area
PA = E kin (1+7l'db1/2) =NkT(I+7l'd o2ii/2). (10)
This equation shows that a determination of the one
quantity ii, according to Eq. (4) as a function of A,
We then had the machine calculate for each configura-
the area, is sufficient to determine the equation of
tion the number of pairs of particles N m (m= 1, 2, .. ·64)
state for the rigid spheres.
separated by distances r which satisfy
B.The Actual Calculation of n
(12)
We set up the calculation on a system composed of
N = 224 particles (i= 0, 1· .. 223) placed inside a square The N m were averaged over successive configurations
of unit side and unit area. The particles were arranged according to Eq. (4), and after every sixteen cycles (a
initially in a trigonal lattice of fourteen particles per cycle consists of moving every particle once) were extra-
row by sixteen particles per column, alternate rows polated back to r2=d o2 to obtain Nt. This Nt differs
being displaced relative to each other as shown in Fig. 2. from ii in Eq. (10) by a constant factor depending on
This arrangement gives each particle six nearest neigh- li and K.
bors at approximately equal distances of d= 1/14 The quantity K was chosen for each p to give reason-
from it. able statistics for the N m. It would, of course, have been
Instead of performing the calculation for various possible by choosing fairly large K's, with perhaps a
areas A and for a fixed distance do, we shall solve the larger number of zones, to obtain N (r 2) at large dis-
equivalent problem of leaving A = 1 fixed and changing tances. The oscillatory behavior of N (r2) at large dis-
do. We denote by A 0 the area the particles occupy in tances is of some interest. However, the time per cycle
close-packed arrangement (see Fig. 3). For numerical goes up fairly rapidly with K and with the number of
convenience we defined an auxiliary parameter P, which zones in the distance analysis. For this reason only the
we varied from zero to seven, and in terms of which the behavior of N(r2) in the neighborhood of d02 was in-
ratio (A/ Ao) and the forbidden distance do are defined vestigated.
as follows: The maximum displacement a of Eq. (3) was set to
do= d(l- 2.- 8), d= (1/14), (lla) (d-d o). About half the moves in a cycle were forbidden
by this choice, and the initial approach to equilibrium
(A/ Ao)= 1/ (3 i d oW /2)= 1/0.98974329(1- 2v-8)2. (llb) from the regular lattice was fairly rapid.
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CALCULATION OF STATE BY FAST MACHINES 1091
10Or- 9 0 0 0 , - - - - - - . . , - - - - - - - - ._ _ _ _---,-_---.
r-
5
'"-
I- --A
'-- ----8
2
--c
t, •
I
0
I" . . .
0
'.,
2
..,'
"
Ir-
'l\ i
,"
..
"
06b l ••
r-
o5
r-
-
o2
oI
QO! 0.02
I
005 0.1 0.2
I I
0.5 2 5
'"
11
10 (m) 40 60 70
(i.-I)
FIG. 5. The radial distribution function N .. for p=5, (A/Ao)
FIG. 4. A plot of (PA/NkT)-1 versus (A/Ao)-1. Curve A = 1.31966, K = 1.5. The average of the extrapolated values of
(solid line) gives the results of this paper. Curves Band C (dashed Nt-in NI=6301. The resultant value of (PA/NkT)-1 is
and dot-dashed lines) give the results of the free volume theory 64NI/N'(K2-1) or 6.43. Values after 16 cycles, .; after 32, X;
and of the first four virial coefficients, respectively. and after 48, O.
IV. NUMERICAL RESULTS FOR RIGID SPHERES The errors indicated in Fig. 4 are the root-mean-square
IN TWO DIMENSIONS deviations for the three or four Nt values. Our average
We first ran for something less than sixteen cycles in error seemed to be about 3 percent.
order to get rid of the effects of the initial regular con- Table I gives the results of our calculations in numeri-
figuration on the averages. Then about forty-eight to cal form. The columns are v, A/Ao, (PA/NkT)-l, and,
sixty-four cycles were run at for comparison purposes, (P A / N kT - 1) for the free
volume theory and for the first four coefficients in the
1'= 2, 4, 5, 5.5, 6, 6.25, 6.5, and 7. virial coefficient expansion, in that order, and finally
PAo/NkT from our results.
Also, a smaller amount of data was obtained at 1'=0, 1,
and 3. The time per cycle on the Los Alamos MANIAC V. THE VIRIAL COEFFICIENT EXPANSION
is approximately three minutes, and a given point on the One can show2 that
pressure curve was obtained in four to five hours of
running. Figure 4 shows (P A / N kT) - 1 versus (A / A 0) - 1 (PA/NkT)-1 =Cl(Ao/ A)+C2(A o/ A)2
on a log-log scale from our results (curve A), compared +C 3(Ao/ A)3+C4 (Ao/ A)4+0(Ao/A)·,
to the free volume equation of Wood l (curve B) and to C 1 =1I'/3!, C2=411'2A a. 3/9,
the curve given by the first four virial coefficients
(curve C). The last two virial coefficients were obtained C3=1I'3(6A 4, .-3A4, 4 - A 4, 6)/3',
by straightforward Monte Carlo integration on the
C4 = (811'3/135) -e12A 6,6-60A 6,6' -10A 6, 6"
MANIAC (see Sec. V). It is seen that the agreement
between curves A and B at small areas and between + 30A 5,7' +60A 5, 7" + lOA 6.7'" - 30A 6, s'
curves A and C at large areas is good. Deviation from -15A 6,S" + lOA 6, 9 - A 6,10]. (13)
the free volume theory begins with a fairly sudden break 1:ABLE I. Results of this calculation for (PA/NkT)-I=Xl
at compared to the free volume theory (X 2) and the four-term virial
expansion (X.). Also (PAo/NkT) from our calculations.
A sample plot of the radial distribution function for
1'= 5 is given in Fig. 5. The various types of points repre- (A/A.) XI X, X, (PA./NkT)
sent values after sixteen, thirty-two, and forty-eight
2 1.04269 49.17 47.35 9.77 48.11
cycles. For 1'= 5, least-square fits with a straight line 4 1.14957 13.95 13.85 7.55 13.01
to the first sixteen N m values were made, giving extra- 5 1.31966 6.43 6.72 5.35 5.63
polated values of N!(l)=6367, N!(2) = 6160, and NI(3) '5.5 1.4909 4.41 4.53 4.02 3.63
I) 1.7962 2.929 2.939 2.680 2.187
=6377, The average of these three was used in con- 6.25 2.04616 2.186 2.323 2.065 1.557
structing PAl NkT. In general, least-square fits of the 6.5 2.41751 1.486 1.802 1.514 1.028
first sixteen to twenty N m'S by means of a parabola, or, 7 4.04145 0.6766 0.990 0.667 0.4149
where it seemed suitable, a straight line, were made.
2 J. E. Mayer and M. G. Mayer, Statistical Mechanics (John
1 William W. Wood, J. Chern. Phys. 20, 1334 (1952). Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1940), pp. 277-291.
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