Ionic fluids: charge and density correlations near gas-liquid criticality.

The correlation functions of an ionic fluid with charge and size asymmetry are studied within the framework of the random phase approximation. The results obtained for the charge-charge correlation function demonstrate that the second-moment Stillinger-Lovett (SL) rule is satisfied away from the gas-liquid critical point (CP) but not, in general, at the CP. However, in the special case of a model without size asymmetry the SL rules are satisfied even at the CP. The expressions for the density-density and charge-density correlation functions valid far from and close to the CP are obtained explicitly.