A theory of dense liquids based on Monte Carlo simulations of very small clusters.

A theory of dense, monatomic liquids with short-range interactions is presented. The calculation involves Monte Carlo simulations of a set of different clusters. Each cluster is defined as a central atom and a fixed number of neighbors (generally 10-16), the neighbors constrained to be within distance R (o) of the central atom, R(o) being the radius of the first coordination sphere.