Large-scale molecular dynamics simulations are performed to predict the structural and thermodynamic properties of liquid krypton using a potential energy function based on the two-body potential of Aziz and Slaman plus the triple-dipole AxilrodTeller (AT) potential. By varying the strength of the AT potential we study the influence of three-body contribution beyond the triple-dipole dispersion. It is seen that the AT potential gives an overall good description of liquid Kr, though other contributions such as higher order three-body dispersion and exchange terms cannot be ignored.The knowledge of interactions in noble gases remains a fundamental question that is not completely solved. Despite the simplicity of their closed-shell electronic structure, it is wellknown that a simple pair potential, though giving the essential features of the structural and thermodynamic properties, is not sufficient for a quantitative description, and many-body effects have to be taken into account 1 . Significant advances have been made when it has been demonstrated 2,3 that the static structure factor S(k) at small wave-number, k, is directly related to the long range part of the effective potential between pairs of atoms. It was therefore recognized that precise measurements of S(k) could provide a direct observation of the details of the interactions. During the past few years, high precision experiments 4-8 , performed in the range 0.5 < k < 4 nm −1 using small angle neutron scattering facilities, have 1