CRITICAL PHENOMENA IN ROTATIONAL SPECTRA OF AN ASYMMETRIC TRIATOMIC MOLECULE

Authors
MAKAREWICZ J
Citation
J. Makarewicz, CRITICAL PHENOMENA IN ROTATIONAL SPECTRA OF AN ASYMMETRIC TRIATOMIC MOLECULE, Molecular physics, 91(2), 1997, pp. 229-233
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
Molecular physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00268976
Volume
91
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
229 - 233
Database
ISI
SICI code
0026-8976(1997)91:2<229:CPIRSO>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
The rovibrational dynamics of a highly excited asymmetric triatomic mo lecule have been investigated using semiclassical and quantum mechanic al methods. The rotational energy surface (RES) has been calculated ex actly from the rigid-bender model of the molecule. The RES topology ha s been studied and the bifurcation of its critical points has been fou nd at a certain critical value of the angular momentum. A reorganizati on of the energy level structure, due to a change of the RES topology, has been revealed.