On the Complementarity of the Harmonic Oscillator Model and the Classical Wigner–Kirkwood Corrected Partition Functions of Diatomic Molecules

The vibrational and rovibrational partition functions of diatomic molecules are considered in the regime of intermediate temperatures. The low temperatures are those at which the harmonic oscillator approximation is appropriate, and the high temperatures are those at which classical partition functi...

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Main Author: Marcin Buchowiecki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-07-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/22/8/853