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Zero-flow steady gyrotactic orientation distribution (f0​(θ)=ΛeΛcosθ/(4πsinhΛ))

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For aligning rate 1/B, positive rotational diffusivity Dr​ and Λ=(BDr​)−1, the zero-current steady Fokker-Planck equation gives f0,θ​=−Λsinθf0​. Normalization over the unit sphere gives the displayed density per unit solid angle. Its mean direction is ⟨p⟩=(cothΛ−1/Λ)k, the Langevin function. As BDr​→0, it concentrates weakly into a point mass at the upward pole; the limit is not an ordinary bounded probability density.

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