Title: The rotational energy-levels of a diatomic molecule in a tetrahedral field
Abstract: The rotation of molecules in fields with octahedral symmetry, which is an approximation to the fields in certain crystals, has been investigated by Devonshire (1936), in a paper in which he shows the types of the wave-functions for the general field of octahedral symmetry, and then obtains energy-levels for a particular field of this type. In this paper we shall use Devonshire’s method to determine the form of the wave-functions and energy-levels for the similar case when the potential field has not octahedral, but only tetrahedral symmetry, or complete ( A 1 ) symmetry of the four-point group T d . We shall again take a special form for the potential field, and show how the rotational levels split up as the field is increased, and also how the field modifies the wave-functions corresponding to the various levels.
Publication Year: 1938
Publication Date: 1938-02-04
Language: en
Type: article
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