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Some statements related to the Jahn-Teller effect are often misunderstood. Here it is stressed that there exist physical systems for which electronic degeneracy cannot be resolved by vibrational modes.
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Bacci, M. A seeming exception to the Jahn-Teller effect. Lett. Nuovo Cimento 44, 552–554 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02746759
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