Optical Observation of Angular Momentum Alignment in a Heat-Conducting Gas
- 21 December 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 59 (25) , 2907-2909
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.59.2907
Abstract
We have for the first time directly observed the flow of angular momentum alignment in a heat-conducting gas of rotating molecules (Kagan polarization). The sign has been determined. It is found that the polarization is proportional to the square of the angular momentum.Keywords
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