rotational constants

Coefficients of quantum numbers in the rotational term expression and inversely proportional to the principal moments of inertia. Symbols: $A$ , $B$ , $C$ . $A ˜ = h 8 π 2 c I A$ (dimension wavenumber), $A = h 8 π 2 I A$ (dimension frequency) where $h$ is the Planck constant and $c$ the speed of light in vacuum.

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Green Book, 2nd ed., p. 23

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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.

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