Angular correlation in liquids
- 1 January 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Discussions of the Faraday Society
- Vol. 43, 205-211
- https://doi.org/10.1039/df9674300205
Abstract
Distribution functions describing the correlation between the positions and orientations of groups of one, two, three, …, molecules are defined and discussed. The one-particle distribution function of an anisotropic fluid—such as a liquid in a uniform field—is expanded in orthogonal functions S that are simply related to the mean values of the Legendre polynomials describing its orientation. A variety of observables, including dielectric polarization, optical birefringence, Rayleigh and harmonic scattering, and magnetic resonance spectra, are described in terms of the appropriate S-coefficients and the orientation distribution functions.Keywords
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