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Offline bmu123

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Te of a harmonic oscillator
« on: May 04, 2015, 05:47:18 AM »
Assuming that, for both electronic states of O2, the molecule behaves as a harmonic oscillator, find ωe, the vibrational wavenumber, for the X and B states of O2.  Then calculate the wavenumber of the (2,2) band, and the difference in electronic energy (minimum to minimum, ΔTe) between these two electronic
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So I'm given a Deslandres table and have worked out ωe for each state, and found that the wavenumber of the (2,2) band = 47603.1 cm-1. What equation do I use to work out ΔTe? I can only find ones for anharmonic oscillators in my notes

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Re: Te of a harmonic oscillator
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2015, 05:33:42 AM »
What is the energy of a vibronic state of a harmonic oscillator? Come on, we've done this in another thread!
(Alternatively, use your anharmonic equation and set the anharmonicity constant to zero.)

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