Abstract
The theory of small vibrations when the potential energy is invariant under the rotation-displacement group is developed. The results are compared with the Brester-Wigner theory of the normal coordinates, and it is shown that the use of these coordinates implies the use of a particular (normal) system of rotating axes whose construction is given. It is shown that when the motion of a normal molecule is referred to these axes, those terms of the Hamiltonian which are linear in the angular momenta will be especially small and of the same order of magnitude as the quadratic terms (Casimir's condition). When the amplitude of one or more of the normal vibrations becomes large, this is no longer true of the normal axes; this will always be the case when one of the normal frequencies is small compared to the others, as has been noted by other writers. The normal axes are not the principal axes of inertia of the instantaneous configuration of the system, and certain conclusions recently published by the author are wrong for that reason.
Keywords
PhysicsPrincipal axis theoremClassical mechanicsNormal coordinatesHamiltonian (control theory)Polyatomic ionCasimir effectNormal modeVibrationInvariant (physics)Moment of inertiaInertiaRotation (mathematics)Rotational energyAmplitudeQuantum mechanicsGeometryMathematicsMolecule
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- 47
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- 7
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- 552-558
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Carl Eckart
(1935).
Some Studies Concerning Rotating Axes and Polyatomic Molecules.
Physical Review
, 47
(7)
, 552-558.
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.47.552
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- DOI
- 10.1103/physrev.47.552