Dimensions and Units 5.Hard Potentials

• Special case

  • u(r) = 0, r > d
  • u(r) = ?, r < d

• No characteristic energy!

• Temperature (kT) provide only characteristic energy

• All dimensionless properties (e.g., Pd3/kT), independent of temperature!

u(r)

r

d

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