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IN recent years, much effort has been expended to provide arrays of Franck-Condon factors qv′ v″ for many molecular band systems, particularly those of astrophysical and aeronomical interest because of the rapid growth of quantitative spectroscopic activity in aerospace and related fields. Many different straightforward analytical and numerical methods have been used in the calculation of q-arrays of various sizes appropriate to a number of molecular potentials of which the Morse potential has been the most popular. The calculation of a qv′ v″ array is in principle a simple task, though often formidable if an electronic computer and appropriate programme are not available.
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NICHOLLS, R. Interpolation of Franck–Condon Factors. Nature 204, 373 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/204373a0
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