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THE quantification of the rotational motion of an assymmetrical molecule having three different moments of inertia, J0, K0, L0, is a very difficult problem and has not yet been resolved mathematically. However, if two of the moments are equal, K0 = L0, the problem lends itself to solution, as has been shown by Sommerfeld, Born, Reiche, and others. The rotational energy of a molecule having an axial symmetry is equal to
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HENRI, V., SCHOU, S. A New Type of Absorption Spectrum: Double Rotational Quantification in Formaldehyde. Nature 118, 225 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118225a0
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