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Symmetric Top Molecule

These are the settings for a symmetric molecule as a whole, i.e. those common to all states (but perhaps different for different isotopologues).

Settings

nNuclei Number of nuclei to calculate hyperfine structure for. Leave this at 0 unless you want the hyperfine structure resolved.
Jmin Minimum J to use in calculation - set to -1 (default) to use value from species.
Jmax Maximum J to use in calculation - set to -1 (default) to use value from species.
Colour Colour - set to "None" to take value from elsewhere as explained in Determining Colours and J ranges.
JAdjustSym If set, energy level plots and Fortrat diagrams will take account of the alternation in symmetry with J that is often found. For example an alternation in the order of the K=3 levels of A1 and A2 symmetry is often seen, though the details depend on the point group and the vibronic symmetry of the state.
BlockMatrix Set to force check of Hamiltonian matrix for factorization into blocks before diagonalization. If blocks are found, these are diagonalized separately, ensuring states that have no connecting matrix elements are not accidentally mixed if the eigenvalues happen to be very close. In principle, if full use is made of symmetry and states are separated into separate manifolds as appropriate, this should not be necessary but can easily happen if selected terms in the Hamiltonian are zero or interactions between states are omitted.
PointGroup Point group of molecule. Possible values are:
C3v, C4v, C5v, C6v, C7v, C8v, D3h, D4h, D5h, D6h, D7h, D8h, D2d, D3d, D4d, D5d, D6d, D7d, D8d.
C3h,C4h, C5h, C6h, S4, S6, S8, S10, S12 are also partially implemented.
AlternateBasis Set to use and alternate basis in separably degenerate point groups, with |K,l> and |-K,-l> for non E symmetry functions, rather than {|K,l> ± |-K,-l>}
Wt0
Wt1
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Statistical Weights for each possible rovibronic symmetry. The number of settings here depends on the point group set as above, with one setting per rovibronic symmetry.

Parameters

Abundance Abundance of this isotope; default is 1