The internal-axis system (IAS) of molecules with a large amplitude internal motion (LAM) is determined by integrating the kinematic equation of the IAS by Lie-group and Lie-algebraic methods. Numerical examples on hydrogen peroxide, nitrous acid, and acetaldehyde demonstrate the methods. By exploiting the special product structure of the solution matrix, simple methods are devised for calculating the transformation to the rho-axis system (RAS) along with the value of the parameter ρ characterizing a RAS rotational-LAM kinetic energy operator. The parameter ρ so calculated agrees exactly with that one obtained by the Floquet method as shown in the example of acetaldehyde. Geometrical interpretation of ρ is given. The advantageous property of the RAS over the IAS in retaining simple periodic boundary conditions is numerically demonstrated.
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28 December 2018
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December 27 2018
Internal- and rho-axis systems of molecules with one large amplitude internal motion: The geometry of rho
Viktor Szalay
;
Viktor Szalay
a)
1
Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
, P.O. Box 49, H-1525 Budapest, Hungary
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Dominika Viglaska;
Dominika Viglaska
b)
2
Groupe de Spectrométrie Moléculaire et Atmosphérique, UMR CNRS 7331, Université de Reims, U.F.R. Sciences
, B.P. 1039, 51687 Reims Cedex 2, France
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Michael Rey
Michael Rey
c)
2
Groupe de Spectrométrie Moléculaire et Atmosphérique, UMR CNRS 7331, Université de Reims, U.F.R. Sciences
, B.P. 1039, 51687 Reims Cedex 2, France
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c)
Email: michael.rey@univ-reims.fr
J. Chem. Phys. 149, 244118 (2018)
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Received:
September 13 2018
Accepted:
December 03 2018
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Viktor Szalay, Dominika Viglaska, Michael Rey; Internal- and rho-axis systems of molecules with one large amplitude internal motion: The geometry of rho. J. Chem. Phys. 28 December 2018; 149 (24): 244118. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5056217
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