Effect of magnetic and electric fields on the transport properties of polyatomic gases. II. The second order effect for rigid rotors in a magnetic field

Abstract

The formal theory previously developed is applied to rotating, nonvibrating, diatomic molecules (i.e., rigid rotors) in a homogeneous magnetic field. It is shown that the approximations made in the formal theory are quite good. Nevertheless, a ``straightforward'' calculation of the Senftleben-Beenakker effect which is of second order in the potential anisotropy does not agree with experiment. This effect is shown to be of some mixed or higher order in the anisotropy.