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Dynamic Kerr Effect: The Use and Limits of the Smoluchowski Equation and Nonlinear Inertial Responses (World Scientific Series in Contemporary Chemi)
Dynamic Kerr Effect The Use and Limits of the Smoluchowski Equation and Nonlinear Inertial Responses - World Scientific Series in Contemporary Chemi Author:Jean-Louis Dejardin, Jean-Louis Dejardin This book is conceived as a lecture course on the theory of dielectric and Kerr effect relaxation in molecular fluids. It is based on seminars and lectures to final year graduate students and students preparing for a Ph.D. The book comprises the following: the rotational diffusion equation; perturbative solution obtained from convolution pr... more »oducts; Kerr effect response in pulsed electric fields; rotary friction and diffusion coefficients in the case of partial slip conditions; linear detection; electric birefringence in time-varying fields; study of phase angles; the Fokker-Planck-Kramers equation; the role of molecular rotational inertia; and nonlinear dielectric relaxation in coupled electric fields. The literature on the subject originates essentially from review articles which, however, are pitched at such a high level that it is very difficult for students to understand. Moreover, a lot of details are missing from the calculations in these fundamental papers. This book therefore attempts, in a more didactic manner, to fill these gaps.« less