  The influence of polydispersity on the magnetization is analyzed in a
nonequilibrium situation where a cylindrical ferrofluid column is enforced to
rotate with constant frequency like a rigid body in a homogeneous magnetic
field that is applied perpendicular to the cylinder axis. Then, the
magnetization and the internal magnetic field are not longer parallel to each
other and their directions differ from that of the applied magnetic field.
Experimental results on the transverse magnetization component perpendicular to
the applied field are compared and analyzed as functions of rotation frequency
and field strength with different polydisperse Debye models that take into
account the polydispersity in different ways and to a varying degree.
