dc.creator Bunker, P. R. en_US dc.creator Osmann, G. en_US dc.creator Jensen, Per en_US dc.date.accessioned 2006-06-15T20:05:59Z dc.date.available 2006-06-15T20:05:59Z dc.date.issued 2000 en_US dc.identifier 2000-WH-02 en_US dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1811/19966 dc.description $^{a}$G. Osmann. P. R. Bunker, P. Jensen, R. J. Buenker, J. P. Gu and G. Hirsch, J. Mol. Spectrosc, 197 262(1999), and references therein. $^{b}$Section 13.4.1 of the book Molecular Symmetry and Spectroscopy, 2nd Edition, by P. R. Bunker and P. Jensen, NRC Research Press, Ottawa 1998. See http://www.nrc.ca/cisti/journals/41653 for the table of contents and ordering information. $^{c}$P. Jense, J. Mol. Spectrosc. 128, 478 (1988); 132, 429 (1988). $^{d}$J. T. Hougen, P. R. Bunker and J. W. C. Johns, J. Mol. Spectrosc, 34, 136 (1970). $^{e}$G. Oxmann, P. R. Bunker, P. Jensen, and W. P. Kraemer, Chem. Phys. 225, 33 (1997). en_US dc.description Author Institution: Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council of Canada; FB 9-Theoretische Chemie, Bergische Universit\""{a}t -Gesamthochschule Wuppertal, D.42097 en_US dc.description.abstract For a triatomic molecule we have developed a rovibronic Hamiltonian that allows for the Renner-Teller effect (i.e., for the effect of electronic angular $momentum)^{a,b}$. The Hamiltonian is based on the MORBID Hamiltonian developed by $Jensen^{c}$ which itself is based on the Hougen-Bunker-Johns $Hamiltonian^{d}$. We determine the eigenfunctions and eigenvalues of this Hamiltonian in a variational manner, and the computer program we have developed is called RENNER; we have used RENNER to calculate the rovibronic energies of $CH_{2}, CH_{2}^{+}, HO_{2}$ and other molecules. As well as calculating rovibronic energies from potential energy surfaces we are able to calculate intensities from dipole moment surfaces, and we can simulate spectra that involve electronic states subject to the Renner-Teller effect. Although there is a breakdown of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation one can still understand the situation using potential energy curves and dipole moment surfaces, but the shapes of the potential energy curves and dipole moment surfaces depend on the value of the rotational quantum number $K$. This will be explained using our results for the $CH^{+}_{2}$ molecule as an $example^{e}.$ en_US dc.format.extent 145140 bytes dc.format.mimetype image/jpeg dc.language.iso English en_US dc.publisher Ohio State University en_US dc.title A VARIATIONAL TREATMENT OF THE RENNER-TELLER EFFECT en_US dc.type article en_US
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