Polarization creep in a polyatomic gas

Carlo Cercignani

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1982, vol. 115, issue 1, 143-154

Abstract: The slow motion produced near a wall by the polarization flux in a polyatomic gas is treated by means of kinetic theory. In particular, it is shown that the polarization creep coefficient is a fourth rank tensor which depends on the magnetic field, usually present in experimental setups used to measure phenomena connected with the alignment of polyatomic molecules. The polarization creep tensor is explicitly given as a function of the magnetic field as well as of the three relevant elements of the collision matrix.

Date: 1982
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DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(82)90132-7

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