Solution of the Rovibrational Schrödinger Equation of a
Molecule Using the Volterra Integral Equation
Abstract
By using the Rayleigh-Schr¨odinger perturbation theory the rovibrational wave function is expanded in terms of the series of
functions 𝜙
0
, 𝜙
1
, 𝜙
2
, . . .𝜙
n, where 𝜙
0 is the pure vibrational wave function and 𝜙
𝜄 are the rotational harmonics. By replacing the
Schr¨odinger differential equation by the Volterra integral equation the two canonical functions 𝛼
0 and 𝛽
0 are well defined for
a given potential function. These functions allow the determination of (i) the values of the functions 𝜙
𝜄 at any points; (ii) the
eigenvalues of the eigenvalue equations of the functions 𝜙
0
, 𝜙
1
, 𝜙
2
, . . .𝜙
n which are, respectively, the vibrational energy Ev, the
rotational constant Bv, and the large order centrifugal distortion constants Dv
,Hv
, Lv
. . . .. Based on these canonical functions and
in the Born-Oppenheimer approximation these constants can be obtained with accurate estimates for the low and high excited
electronic state and for any values of the vibrational and rotational quantumnumbers v and J even near dissociation. As application,
the calculations have been done for the potential energy curves:Morse, Lenard Jones, Reidberg-Klein-Rees (RKR), ab initio, Simon-
Parr-Finlin, Kratzer, and Dunhum with a variable step for the empirical potentials. A program is available for these calculations
free of charge with the corresponding author.
1.
Author(s)
Mahmoud Abdallah El korek
Journal/Conference Information
Advances in Physical Chemistry,DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/1487982, Volume: 2018, Issue: 1, Pages Range: 1-11,