Absorption and refraction of radiation by liquids. I. Refraction by pure liquids
- 1 November 1970
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics A: General Physics
- Vol. 3 (6) , 595-607
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/3/6/002
Abstract
Expressions for the dielectric constant of a pure liquid are obtained from quantum electrodynamics, and compared with those obtained from electrostatic arguments. The Lorentz cavity field is shown to be associated with off-resonance intermolecular exchange of excitation. An application of perturbation theory up to a level including such excitation exchange leads to the Debye equation for pure non-polar liquids, and an analogue of the Onsager equation for polar liquids.Keywords
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