title: Resonant optical activity induced in gases by collisions with right-left nonsymmetrical molecules.
abstract: Frequency-dependent collision-induced circular dichroism and optical rotation are predicted for gases in the visible and infrared regions near resonance. For the appearance of those effects, the gas should contain right-left non-symmetrical molecules, and the pressure should correspond to the condition (l/lambda) ~ 1, where l is the free-path length. Possible right-left nonsymmetrical effects in nonlinear spectroscopy of gases at l >> lambda are mentioned.
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Baranova
authors.forename: B Y
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Zel'dovich