Interaction-site-model description of collective excitations in liquid water. II: Comparison with simulation results

Theoretical results for dynamical correlation functions characterizing coll ective excitations in liquid water reported in a previous paper are compare d with molecular dynamics simulation results performed on the same system. We also examine the validity and accuracy of the approximation scheme for m emory functions employed in our theory by investigating whether the assumed form for memory functions and resulting expressions for dynamical correlat ion functions can be used as faithful models to reproduce the "experimental " data determined from the simulation. (C) 1999 American Institute of Physi cs. [S0021-9606(99)50831-3].