Flow birefringence in gases of linear and symmetric top molecules

F. Baas, J.N. Breunese, H.F.P. Knaap and J.J.M. Beenakker

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1977, vol. 88, issue 1, 1-33

Abstract: Gradients in the stream velocity of a gas consisting of optically anisotropic molecules give rise to an alignment of rotational angular momenta. This alignment can be observed as a birefringence in the gas. The results of such measurements are reported in this paper and interpreted within the framework of a kinetic theory based on the Waldmann-Snider equation. A comparison is made with data obtained from other experiments such as the Senftleben-Beenakker effect and the depolarized Rayleigh scattering.

Date: 1977
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DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(77)90155-8

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