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Statistical geometry of four calottes on a sphere

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We calculate the configurational integral and reduced distribution functions for a system of four rigid spherical calottes, a model which allows an exact analysis of excluded-volume effects resulting from the interplay between statistics and geometry.

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  1. International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA/ISAS), 34013, Trieste, Italy

    S. Prestipino Giarritta

  2. Dipartimento di Fisica, Sezione di Fisica Teorica, Università degli Studi di Messina, C.P. 50, 98166, S. Agata-Messina, Italy

    P. V. Giaquinta

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Giarritta, S.P., Giaquinta, P.V. Statistical geometry of four calottes on a sphere. J Stat Phys 75, 1093–1118 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02186758

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