(1) Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, N. Y.;(2) Present address: Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, R.I.;(3) Present address: National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C.
Abstract:
The effect of magnetic fields on collective properties of polyatomic gases has been extended outside the hydrodynamic regime. The calculations are based on a linearized Waldmann-Snider equation. The Waldmann-Snider collision operator is truncated yielding a finite matrix equation. The resulting matrix equation is solved on a computer to yield the polarized and depolarized light scattering spectra. These spectra are calculated in the absence and presence of a magnetic field. For long wavelengths it is found that the magnetic effects are of the same order of magnitude as in the Senftleben-Beenakker effects. For shorter wavelengths the effects disappear due to Doppler effects.This work was supported by NSF GP22881.Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow.NIH Predoctoral Fellow.