The discussion centers on comparing the radial distribution function (RDF) obtained from molecular dynamics simulations of hard disks with theoretical RDFs. It highlights the unreliability of theoretical approaches for hard-core interactions and suggests that empirical data or results from different computer simulations may provide more accurate comparisons. The participant emphasizes the importance of validating simulation results against published data rather than solely relying on theoretical predictions.
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). One option is to compare to experiment. Assuming you want to test your code: just compare to a different computer simulation (worst case I could dig out my old Monte Carlo code, but you probably want to compare against published data, anyways). Also note that searching Google Scholar for "hard disk fluid radial distribution function" gives about 24000 hits; it's not exactly an exotic model or observable that you are looking at.