Erratum: The Partition Function of Molecules with Internal Torsion I. Single Asymmetric Top Attached to Rigid Framework

1942 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna Price
1991 ◽  
Vol 95 (11) ◽  
pp. 8374-8389 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. L. Martin ◽  
J. P. François ◽  
R. Gijbels

2019 ◽  
Vol 627 ◽  
pp. A65 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Carvajal ◽  
C. Favre ◽  
I. Kleiner ◽  
C. Ceccarelli ◽  
E. A. Bergin ◽  
...  

We emphasize that the completeness of the partition function, that is, the use of a converged partition function at the typical temperature range of the survey, is very important to decrease the uncertainty on this quantity and thus to derive reliable interstellar molecular densities. In that context, we show how the use of different approximations for the rovibrational partition function together with some interpolation and/or extrapolation procedures may affect the estimate of the interstellar molecular column density. For that purpose, we apply the partition function calculations to astronomical observations performed with the IRAM-30 m telescope towards the NGC 7538–IRS1 source of two N-bearing molecules: isocyanic acid (HNCO, a quasilinear molecule) and methyl cyanide (CH3CN, a symmetric top molecule). The case of methyl formate (HCOOCH3), which is an asymmetric top O-bearing molecule containing an internal rotor is also discussed. Our analysis shows that the use of different partition function approximations leads to relative differences in the resulting column densities in the range 9–43%. Thus, we expect this work to be relevant for surveys of sources with temperatures higher than 300 K and to observations in the infrared.


1988 ◽  
Vol 65 (6) ◽  
pp. 1377-1397 ◽  
Author(s):  
James K.G. Watson

1951 ◽  
Vol 19 (9) ◽  
pp. 1131-1133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth F. Stripp ◽  
John G. Kirkwood

Author(s):  
A.V. BOCHKAREV ◽  
◽  
S.L. BELOPUKHOV ◽  
A.V. ZHEVNEROV ◽  
S.V. DEMIN ◽  
...  

1983 ◽  
Vol 48 (10) ◽  
pp. 2888-2892 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vilém Kodýtek

A special free energy function is defined for a solution in the osmotic equilibrium with pure solvent. The partition function of the solution is derived at the McMillan-Mayer level and it is related to this special function in the same manner as the common partition function of the system to its Helmholtz free energy.


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