Frequency-dependent critical viscosity of a classical fluid

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Abstract
Just as a finite temperature shift brings the critical viscosity down from its diverging critical-point behavior, a finite frequency produces a similar reduction. We compute in detail the frequency-temperature scaling function to single-loop order and apply it to the problem of critical diffusion. We also present detailed numerical estimates of the "rolloff" to be expected in direct experimental viscosity measurements carried out at finite frequencies.