 Rotational diffusion (source code)

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= Rotational diffusion
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Rotational diffusion randomizes orientation. For a unit orientation vector on a sphere, isotropic rotational diffusion contributes $D_r\nabla_p^2f$ to the <Fokker-Planck equation>, where $\nabla_p^2$ is the <Laplace-Beltrami operator>. Its coefficient has units inverse time. It differs from the translational <diffusion coefficient>, whose units are length squared per time.

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