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Vibrational Energies of the Hydrogen Bonds of H₃O₂⁻ and H₅O₂⁺

We approximate the vibrational energies of the symmetric and asymmetric stretches of the hydrogen bonds of the molecules H_3O_2^- and H_5O_2^+ by applying an improvement to the standard time-independent Born-Oppenheimer approximation. These two molecules are symmetric around a central hydrogen which participates in hydrogen bonding. Unlike the standard Born-Oppenheimer approximation, this approximation appropriately scales the hydrogen nuclei differently than the heavier oxygen nuclei. This results in significantly more accurate approximations for the stretching vibrational energies, which we compare to experimental measurements. / Master of Science

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/71454
Date24 June 2016
CreatorsGamble, Stephanie Nicole
ContributorsMathematics, Hagedorn, George A., Crawford, T. Daniel, Valeyev, Eduard Faritovich
PublisherVirginia Tech
Source SetsVirginia Tech Theses and Dissertation
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
FormatETD, application/pdf
RightsIn Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

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