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Methods for Measuring the Orientation and Rotation Rate of 3D-printed Particles in Turbulence
Published on: June 24, 2016
Gauge theory of orientation in anisotropic fluids
Nam Nguyen-Tran-Thanh1, Truong Nguyen-Xuan2,3, Hai Pham-Van1,4
1Hanoi National University of Education, Department of Physics, 136 Xuan Thuy, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Abstract:
We develop a rotational gauge invariance for classical many-body ensembles with orientational degrees of freedom and, from it, derive a hierarchy of exact, closure-free Ward identities on the orientation sphere S^{2} and on SO(3). A master local identity generated by orientation-dependent infinitesimal rotations yields (i) a global rotational hyperforce relation, (ii) an exact one-body torque balance, (iii) a pair-level first-order identity, and (iv) a second-order Hessian rotational sum rule that expresses the orientational curvature of the pair density in terms of torque-torque and torque-gradient correlators. The SO(3) formulation provides mode-resolved constraints in Wigner-D harmonics and a Parseval-type identity linking the angular variance of the one-body density to the torque variance. The theory yields operational, parameter-free estimators: in isotropic rod fluids the nematic structure factor is fixed by a projected torque kernel, giving a sharp criterion for the isotropic-nematic spinodal; in polar liquids the Kirkwood factor and hence the dielectric constant follows from the torque kernel; for polyhedra and patchy particles, torsional moduli at contact and bond-angle or twist laws emerge directly; and for chiral media we obtain a parity sum rule and a microscopic expression for the cholesteric pitch. These Ward identities provide symmetry-based constraints that connect microscopic torques to orientational structure and macroscopic response across a broad class of anisotropic colloids and molecular fluids.
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