Abstract
A lower bound is obtained for the grand canonical partition function (and hence for the pressure) of a charge symmetric system with positive definite interaction. For the Coulomb interaction the lower bound on the pressure is the Debye-Hückel approximation.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 633-638 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Statistical Physics |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 1982 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Debye-Hückel approximation
- Grand canonical partition function
- charge symmetric system
- functional integration
- sine-Gordon transformation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Mathematical Physics