Distribution function, internal

The muon spin relaxation technique uses the implantation and subsequent decay of muons, n+, in matter. The muon has a polarized spin of 1/2 [22]. When implanted, the muons interact with the local magnetic field and decay (lifetime = 2.2 ps) by emitting a positron preferentially in the direction of polarization. Adequately positioned detectors are then used to determine the asymmetry of this decay as a function of time, A t). This function is thus dependant on the distribution of internal magnetic fields within a... 

Where time rather than reduced time is used let the internal age distribution function be 1(0- Then... 

In a manner similar to the internal age distribution function, let E be the measure of the distribution of ages of all elements of the fluid stream leaving a vessel. Thus E is a measure of the distribution of residence times of the fluid within the vessel. Again the age is measured from the time that the fluid elements enter the vessel. Let E be deflned in such a way that E dd is the fraction of material in the exit stream which has an age between 6 and 6 -I- dO. Referring to Fig. 4, the area under the E vs. 6 curve is... 

In the second half of this article, we discuss dynamic properties of stiff-chain liquid-crystalline polymers in solution. If the position and orientation of a stiff or semiflexible chain in a solution is specified by its center of mass and end-to-end vector, respectively, the translational and rotational motions of the whole chain can be described in terms of the time-dependent single-particle distribution function f(r, a t), where r and a are the position vector of the center of mass and the unit vector parallel to the end-to-end vector of the chain, respectively, and t is time, (a should be distinguished from the unit tangent vector to the chain contour appearing in the previous sections, except for rodlike polymers.) Since this distribution function cannot describe internal motions of the chain, our discussion below is restricted to such global chain dynamics as translational and rotational diffusion and zero-shear viscosity. 

For molecular desorption, laser spectroscopic studies of the desorbing molecule can give full internal state distributions, Df Ef, 6f, v, J, f M ), Ts), where f M ) is some distribution function describing the rotational orientation/alignment relative to the surface normal. For thermal desorption in non-activated systems, most atoms/molecules have only modest (but important) deviations from a thermal distribution at Ts. However, in associative desorption of systems with a barrier, the internal state distributions reveal intimate details of the dynamics. Associative desorption results from the slow thermal creation of a transition state, with a final thermal fluctuation causing desorption. Partitioning of the energy stored in V into... 

These results immediately yield all the internal correlations among chain segments. The spatial distribution function for the pair of segments k-i < k2 is defined as... 

We will suppose that the internal relaxation in the leads is fast enough to lead to equilibrium distributions of the electrons. This means that wa R) = f(sa T V/2) (where /(e) is the Fermi distribution function) and V is the applied voltage. 

Residence time distribution functions were developed by Danckwerts [3] and are defined as external or internal RTD functions. The external RTD function /(f) is defined such that f(t)dt is the fraction of fluid exiting the system with a residence timebetween t and t + dt and the internal RTD function g(t) is defined such that g(t)dt is the fraction of the fluid in the system with a residence time between t and t + dt. 

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In summary, we have seen that the application of microscopic reversibility for the forward and reverse cross-sections and the use of complete equilibrium distributions for the evaluation of the statistical rate constant lead to the usual results known from equilibrium statistical mechanics. If one knows the cross-section for a forward reaction, one can always determine the inverse cross-section through the principle of microscopic reversibility. Also, if one knows the cross-section for the forward reaction, and in addition one knows that the translational and internal distribution functions of reactants and products have reached equilibrium, one can calculate the rate constant. Detailed balance then permits the calculation of the reverse rate constant. 

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