Deterministic alignment of an initially isotropic orientation distribution

ID: deterministic-alignment-of-an-initially-isotropic-orientation-distribution

Without rotational diffusion, follows , hence . Pushing forward the initial uniform orientation distribution gives , , per unit solid angle. Integrating yields the displayed mean, interpreted continuously as zero at . Its late deficit is . At each finite time the density is smooth and normalized; the infinitely late distribution is a point mass at the upward pole.

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