The Born-Oppenheimer Separation
The Born-Oppenheimer Separation Molecules electronic transitions E > 10000 cm-1
The Born-Oppenheimer Separation Molecules electronic transitions E > 10000 cm-1 Vibrational transitions E = 100-10000 cm-1
The Born-Oppenheimer Separation Molecules electronic transitions E > 10000 cm-1 Vibrational transitions E = 100-10000 cm-1 Rotational transitions E = 0.1 – 100 cm-1
The Born-Oppenheimer Separation H = Hel + Hvib + Hrot+ …
The Born-Oppenheimer Separation H = Hel + Hvib + Hrot+ … = el vib rot …
The Born-Oppenheimer Separation H = Hel + Hvib + Hrot+ … = el vib rot … = i i
The Born-Oppenheimer Separation H = Hel + Hvib + Hrot+ … = el vib rot … = i i E = Eel + Evib + Erot +…
The Born-Oppenheimer Separation H = Hel + Hvib + Hrot+ … = el vib rot … = i i E = Eel + Evib + Erot +… E= i Ei Harry Kroto 2004
E(r) H + H v”=3 2 1 r
Excited electronic states - often many H + H* v’=3 2 1 E(r) H + H v”=3 2 1 r
Nuclear Energies H + H E(r) Chemical Energies Rotational levels r
E(r) H + H r Continuum wavefunction of a dissociating state Rotational levels r
H + H E(r) Rotational levels r
C* + N E(r) v’= 0 C + N v”=3 2 1 r