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PROF. E. CONDON (Phys. Rev. 32, p. 858; 1928) has shown that on the basis of the new quantum mechanics, certain nuclear transitions associated with electronic transitions are more probable than others. The actual intensities of the lines emitted depend upon the integral of the electric moment and the wave functions of the initial and of the final states. The evaluation of this integral can be approximately carried through for symmetrical diatomic molecules. The intensities of the lines associated with vibrational electronic transitions may therefore be calculated and expressed in terms of the change in separation of the nuclei during the transition.
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HUTCHISSON, E. Intensities in Band Spectra. Nature 125, 746 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/125746c0
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