RELATION BETWEEN THE MOMENT OF INERTIA AND MOMENTS OF DENSITY

Authors
ROSINA M VANLEUVEN P
Citation
M. Rosina et P. Vanleuven, RELATION BETWEEN THE MOMENT OF INERTIA AND MOMENTS OF DENSITY, Physical review. A, 49(3), 1994, pp. 1597-1601
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
10502947
Volume
49
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1597 - 1601
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(1994)49:3<1597:RBTMOI>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The moment of inertia of a physical system exhibiting irrotational flo w is expressed as a series expansion in terms of the moments of the de nsity distribution. The lowest-order contribution yields a simple rela tion with the quadrupole moment and is applicable to models of classic al and quantum systems. The method is applied in some detail to the sp ecial case of the rotational magnetic moment of the hydrogen molecule.