Abstract
The role played by the short-ranged repulsive forces in the formation of the liquid phase is investigated in a model system of interacting hard spheres. We find that the fluid undergoes critical condensation up to the limit of vanishing attractive interactions. The asymptotic value of the critical density predicted by the theory consistently falls within the range of fluid stability. Correspondingly, at nearly the same density, hard spheres manifest a change of structural behavior which is interpreted as a remnant of the thermodynamic transition from a gaslike to a liquidlike packing regime.
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