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Published June 1982 | public
Journal Article

Semiclassical theory of intensities of vibrational fundamentals, overtones, and combination bands

Abstract

Quantum mechanical and semiclassical results are compared for the spectrum of the Morse oscillator. When an average quantum number [(n + m)/2] trajectory is employed for an n → m transition, good agreement is obtained between the quantum and semiclassical intensities and between the frequencies, for the fundamental and the overtones studied. Spectra of nonrotating OCS in the quasiperiodic and chaotic regions are presented, and the intensities of a number of overtones and combination bands are calculated. Even very low intensity transitions are observed.

Additional Information

© 1982 American Chemical Society. Received: September 2, 1981. The research was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under contract W-7405-eng-26 with the Union Carbide Corp. (at Oak Ridge), the National Science Foundation (at California Institute of Technology), and the DOE (at Sandia National Laboratories).

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