Abstract:An alternative approach to the assignment of molecular vibrations is suggested in which both the molecule and the photon are taken as coincident quantum mechanical entities at the instant of impulse. This model permits the description of the excitation in a simple vectorial form. Using subduction techniques, complete and orthonormal basis vectors for both particles can be defined and the probabilities of excitation are directly related to the overlap of these basis vectors at the instant of space and time coin… Show more
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