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Molecular Symmetry and Dynamics

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Abstract

Molecules are aggregates of two or more nuclei bound by at least one electron. The nuclei of most stable molecules can be imagined to be points in a more or less rigid body whose relative positions are constrained by an electronic bonding potential. This potential depends strongly upon the electronic state as described in Chapt. 31. Most of this discussion is about stable molecules in their electronic ground state. In Sect. 32.6 some comments are made about molecules with excited, or “loose”, parts.

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Abbreviations

CES:

constant energy surface

FTIR:

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

NMR:

nuclear magnetic resonance systems

RES:

rotational energy surface

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Harter, W. (2006). Molecular Symmetry and Dynamics. In: Drake, G. (eds) Springer Handbook of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. Springer Handbooks. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-26308-3_32

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