Clausius-Mossotti factor
= Clausius-Mossotti factor
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{title2=$\widetilde K(\omega)$}
The spherical-particle polarization-contrast factor $\widetilde K=(\widetilde\epsilon_p-\widetilde\epsilon_m)/(\widetilde\epsilon_p+2\widetilde\epsilon_m)$. Its real part controls ordinary time-averaged <dielectrophoresis> in the quasistatic dipole approximation.