quantum Hamiltonian (symmetric top)

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MaRDI QIDQ6674552

quantum-mechanical represention of a molecule as a symmetric top, named after William Rowan Hamilton

Description

A symmetric top is a molecule in which two moments of inertia are the same. By definition a symmetric top must have a 3-fold or higher order rotation axis. In practice, spectroscopists divide molecules into two classes of symmetric tops: Oblate symmetric tops (saucer or disc shaped), e.g., C6H6, and Prolate symmetric tops (rugby football, or cigar shaped), e.g. CH3Cl.

Defining Formula: $\hat{H} = A {\hat{J_{A}}}^{2} + B {\hat{J_{B}}}^{2} + C {\hat{J_{C}}}^{2}$
$A$ represents rotational constant
$B$ represents rotational constant
$C$ represents rotational constant
$J_{A}$ represents angular momentum operator
$J_{B}$ represents angular momentum operator
$J_{C}$ represents angular momentum operator
$\hat{H}$ represents Hamiltonian operator

Mathematical expressions specializing quantum Hamiltonian (symmetric top)

quantum Hamiltonian (linear rotor)

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Further items linking to quantum Hamiltonian (symmetric top)

Item	Property
Hamiltonian operator	specialized by
quantum conditional quasi-solvability	contains
symmetric top (combined)	contains

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