The constitutive equations for the orientational dynamics of a liquid formed of linear molecules are derived microscopically.
The resulting generalised Langevin equations coincide with the phenomenological approach of Dreyfus et al. 1]. Formally exact expressions are given for the phenomenological coefficients and various constraints are shown to be consequences
of this microscopic approach.
Received 14 August 2002 Published online 4 February 2003
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