Retardation effects breaking long-range orientational ordering in dipolar fluids.
A strongly coupled dipolar fluid confined in a sphere has been examined by Monte Carlo simulations using a modified distance-dependent pair interaction to emulate retardation effects. The effective dipole-dipole interaction and a property closely related to Kirkwood's g-factor have been analyzed for potentials with different distances at which the retardation effects became effective. The retardation effects were found to break the otherwise long-range structural ordering occurring in strongly coupled dipolar fluids.
Theoretical Chemistry, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, P.O. Box 124, Lund S-22100, Sweden. gunnar.karlstrom@teokem.lu.se
Gunnar
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Karlström
Per
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Linse