Antisymmetric light scattering of molecules with non‐degenerate electronic state

Antisymmetric light scattering of molecules with a non‐degenerate ground electronic state is discussed. Scattering of this type appears for a rotating molecule, but only when account is taken of (a) the dispersion of the polarizability and (b) the Coriolis force acting on the electrons. An expression is derived for the antisymmetric components of the scattering tensor α , which relates them to the tensor of the Faraday effect for a molecule with fixed nuclei and to the frequency derivative of the polarizability tensor, ∂{article}{empty}{document}α{document} /∂ω. Generally, the sum of both contributions yields αant ∼ Ω ∂α/∂ω, where Ω is the angular velocity of rotation of the molecule. The possibilities of experimental observation of the predicted effects are discussed.