\documentclass[12pt]{article} \begin{document} $$ E_{\rm tot}({\bf R}_1 \ldots {\bf R}_N) = NE_{\rm vol}(\Omega ) + \frac{1}{2} \sum _{i,j} \mbox{}^\prime \ v_2(ij;\Omega ) + \frac{1}{6} \sum _{i,j,k} \mbox{}^\prime \ v_3(ijk;\Omega ) + \frac{1}{24} \sum _{i,j,k,l} \mbox{}^\prime \ v_4(ijkl;\Omega ) $$ \end{document}