Excess electrons in simple fluids. II. Numerical results for the hard sphere solvent
Excess electrons in simple fluids. II. Numerical results for the hard sphere solvent
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简单流体中的多余电子。
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1984
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D. M. Richardson
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A. Nichols;D. Chandler;Y. Singh;D. M. Richardson
The theory for solvated excess electrons described in an earlier paper is now applied numerically. For the simple model of an electron excluded from spherical regions of radius d surrounding each of the particles in a hard sphere fluid, our results exhibit a rich behavior. At all temperatures for which λe ≫σ, where λe is the thermal wavelength of the electron and σ is the diameter of the hard sphere fluid particles, we find a relatively narrow transition region of solvent densities below which the solvated electron is extended and above which the electron is localized. For λe =10σ and d=σ/2, localization occurs near the solvent density 0.15σ−3. Both the width and location of the transition region increase with decreasing λe (i.e., increasing temperature). When λe =6σ, the region is broad, barely discernible, and located near 0.3σ−3 when d=σ/2. For λe ≲5σ, no precipitous behavior is found as density is increased and the electron passes from extended to localized behavior. The localized electron is characte...