Radial distribution function for hard spheres in fractal dimensions: A heuristic approximation

Abstract

Analytic approximations for the radial distribution function, the structure factor, and the equation of state of hard-core fluids in fractal dimension $d$ ($1 \leq d \leq 3$) are developed as heuristic interpolations from the knowledge of the exact and Percus-Yevick results for the hard-rod and hard-sphere fluids, respectively. In order to assess their value, such approximate results are compared with those of recent Monte Carlo simulations and numerical solutions of the Percus-Yevick equation for fractal dimension [M. Heinen et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. \textbf{115}, 097801 (2015)], a good agreement being observed.

10 pages, 7 figures; v2: new paragraph added at the end of the conclusion section