Pendular-limit representation of energy levels and spectra of symmetric- and asymmetric-top molecules
Pendular-limit representation of energy levels and spectra of symmetric- and asymmetric-top molecules
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DOI:
10.1103/physreva.70.013403
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发表时间:
2004-07
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2.9
通讯作者:
R. Kanya;Y. Ohshima
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作者:
R. Kanya;Y. Ohshima
We report theoretical investigations pertaining to spectroscopy of pendular-state molecules, which are subjected to the large electrostatic interaction between the molecular dipole and a strong external field. After an appropriate coordinate transformation and a power-series expansion with an order parameter {lambda} that represents the degree of pendular condition, the zeroth-order Hamiltonian for the pendular limit has been derived. Motions of asymmetric tops in a high field are well described as two-dimensional anisotropic harmonic oscillations, and pendular-state quantum numbers have been introduced to label the energy levels. By using perturbative treatments, energies up to the {lambda}{sup 0} order are represented analytically with the pendular-state quantum numbers. Symmetry considerations are also accomplished by using the group theory appropriate to dipolar rigid bodies of symmetric and asymmetric tops in a uniform electric field. Energy levels and wave functions are classified into irreducible representations of the groups and selection rules for optical transitions are described. Energy-level correlations between the field-free and pendular conditions are also discussed on the basis of the group theoretical considerations. For symmetric and asymmetric tops, pendular-limit selection rules on the quantum numbers are derived by expanding the transition-dipole operators on {lambda}, and transition strengths are analytically evaluated for all themore » excitation configurations with each of the transition types. Utilities of the present formulation have been verified by the comparison with exact model calculations based on the matrix diagonalization with a free-rotation basis set.« less