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We are concerned with the theory of non-uniform systems, mainly classical and mainly with short-ranged interactions. Perhaps the simplest realizable case in nature is a classical gas of N identical non-interacting atoms (coordinates \( {\overrightarrow r _i} \), momenta \( \overrightarrow {{p_i}} \), and each of mass m) subjected to a static spatially varying external potential φ(1), but otherwise confined to a volume V.
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Ashcroft, N.W. (1995). Inhomogeneous Fluids and the Freezing Transition. In: Gross, E.K.U., Dreizler, R.M. (eds) Density Functional Theory. NATO ASI Series, vol 337. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9975-0_24
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