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We report a quantum mechanical calculation of highly excited vibrational sp
ectrum of SO2 up to 25 000 cm(-1), using a filter-diagonalization method ba
sed on the Chebyshev propagation. Our results indicate a graduate transitio
n from a normal mode regime at low energies to a local mode regime near 25
000 cm(-1), which is marked by a decreasing energy gap between the (n(1),0,
0) and (n(1)-1,0,1) states and bifurcation of the corresponding wave functi
ons. Approximately 4700 vibrational levels are found below 25 000 cm(-1) an
d statistical analysis reveals that the SO2 vibration in this energy range
is largely regular although the existence of chaos cannot be excluded. (C)
1999 American Institute of Physics. [S0021-9606(99)02133-9].