ABSTRACT
The interparticle correlations and thermodynamic properties for dense classical plasmas have been investigated successfully by computer simulation methods. The radial distribution functions for various realizations of dense plasmas have been sampled by the MC method with the Metropolis algorithm. This chapter considers the essential information on the radial distribution functions and the associated screening potentials that has been obtained through such a simulation study. These results provide vital data for the equations of state and the correlation characters on those various plasmas and set rigorous criteria for a subsequent formulation of integral equation theories. The central roles of renormalization are played by such quantities as the direct correlation functions, the bridge functions, and the local field corrections. The bridge functions are closely related to the screening potentials. Explicit evaluation of the bridge functions through combined analyses of MC simulated data and solution to the integral equations will be considered.
