Statistical Method of Conditional Distributions

Abstract

Within the framework of the method of unconditional distribution correlation functions the main problem seems to be unsolved: whether the Gibbsian statistical formalism contains one and the same description for solid and liquid phases, naturally including consideration of phase crystal-liquid, liquid-gas and crystal-gas transitions. The above difficulties forced the workers to search for a new formalism in the corre­lation functions theory which would be most suitable for description of condensed state. The method of conditional distribution correlation functions has been developed as a supplement to the BBGKY hierarchy. The present review is the first attempt to give a systematic description of the method of conditional distribution functions.