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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.
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This work was supported by NSF GP22881.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow.
NIH Predoctoral Fellow.
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Fleming, P.D., Berne, B.J. & Bishop, M. Collective properties of polyatomic gases in a magnetic field: Effects on light scattering spectrum. J Stat Phys 7, 311–328 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01014907
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