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The Born-Oppenheimer Approximation for Triatomic Molecules with Large Angular Momentum in Two Dimensions

Abstract

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We study the Born-Oppenheimer approximation for a symmetric linear triatomic molecule in two space dimensions. We compute energy levels up to errors of order ε⁵, uniformly for three bounded vibrational quantum numbers n₁, n₂, and n₃; and nuclear angular momentum quantum numbers â ≤ kε<sup>-3/4</sup> for k > 0. Here the small parameter ε is the fourth root of the ratio of the electron mass to an average nuclear mass.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Science
Level thesis:degree_level
masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Mathematics
Department dc:contributor.department
Mathematics
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
2010

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Bowman, Adam Shoresworth
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Hagedorn, George A.
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Valeyev, Eduard Faritovich
  • Elgart, Alexander

Subjects

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Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright

Identifiers

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etd-12172010-164613
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/36249

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citation

Bowman, Adam Shoresworth. The Born-Oppenheimer Approximation for Triatomic Molecules with Large Angular Momentum in Two Dimensions. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36249