https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01225-1
Technical Report
Influence of scattering on the vibrational partition function at extreme temperatures
Institute of Physics, University of Szczecin, Wielkopolska 15 St, Szczecin, Poland
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marcin.buchowiecki@usz.edu.pl
Received:
13
December
2020
Accepted:
11
February
2021
Published online:
22
February
2021
The vibrational partition function is calculated for three diatomic molecules of different character (CO, 
, NH) at extremely high temperatures and contributions of scattering interactions between atoms is analyzed. The classical method with the quantum Wigner-Kirkwood correction is used in version with only bound states and bound plus scattering states generated by rotationless potential energy curve. The partition function based on bound states of the present method is compared with the partition function based on the vibrational levels. It is also found that contribution of scattering states in the vibrational partition function is similar independently of molecule.
Electronic supplementary material The online version supplementary material available at https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01225-1.
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