Abstract
A strict quantum mechanical formulation of Van Vleck's concept of Reversed Angular Momentum is given. This generalization leads to a method suitable for the calculation of the matrix elements of all kinds of tensor operators in molecular physics. Applications and examples are described for the diatomic case. Various interactions—in the non-rotating or in the rotating molecule—are studied, and some intensity factors are derived in an original way. In all cases, the simplicity, generality, rapidity, and consistency of the method are tested and, where relevant, compared with other techniques.
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Subject
General Physics and Astronomy