Adequate representation of the dipole moment function for diatomic molecules and the matrices of vibration-rotation transition moments

An exponential representation of perturbations is used as a basis of the perturbed Morse oscillator approach which is applied, in a matrix form, for calculating the radial matrix elements for diatomic molecules. An analytic procedure is developed to deduce an exponential-power series expansion for the dipole moment function M(r) from experimental spectral intensities. It is shown that for real anharmonic molecules, the series expansion in powers of e^ar (α being the Morse parameter) is an adequate form for representing transition operators, just as the usual series expansion in powers of internuclear distance r is adequate for the case of a harmonic oscillator, and it is equivalent to a series expansion in vibrational wavefunctions. An exponential-power series expansion is derived as well for a model dipole moment function which has a correct long-range dependence and limit. To exemplify the accuracy and efficiency of the technique proposed, the (40 × 40) matrices of vibration-rotation transition moments 〈vJ|M(r)|v′J′〉(v, v′ = 0, 1, …, 39) have been calculated for the ground state of CO. Typical results of these computations are presented (up to v = 35, J = 100, and v′ ? v = 1–4) to illustrate the dependence of vibration-rotation interaction functions on the vibrational and rotational quantum numbers.