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The 25 pages that link to Molecular vibration, each with the reason it gives.

• SpectroscopyRelated: Vibrational transitions produce characteristic infrared absorption bands.

• Greenhouse effectRelated: Vibrational energy transitions give greenhouse gases their infrared absorption bands.

• Infrared spectroscopyBroader topic: Infrared absorption occurs when radiation couples to a vibration that changes the molecule’s dipole moment.

• Raman spectroscopyNarrower topic: Raman spectra are interpreted as signatures of these molecular motions.

• Quantum harmonic oscillatorRelated: Small molecular vibrations are approximated by quantum harmonic oscillators.

• Simple harmonic motionRelated: Small vibrations are often approximated by harmonic motion near the energy minimum.

• Energy levelRelated: Quantized vibrational states form characteristic molecular energy levels.

• Harmonic oscillatorBroader topic: Small molecular displacements are often modeled as harmonic oscillators.

• Vibrational spectroscopyNarrower topic: Vibrational spectroscopy measures energy changes associated with this molecular motion.

• Zero-point energyRelated: Even at zero temperature, vibrational modes retain zero-point energy.

• Molecular symmetryRelated: Vibrational modes transform according to a molecule’s symmetry and may be spectroscopically active.

• MoleculeRelated: Molecules continually vibrate, and their vibrational modes reveal bond properties.

• Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopyRelated: Characteristic vibrational frequencies produce many of the bands observed in FTIR spectra.

• Isotope effectNarrower topic: Isotopic mass changes alter vibrational motion, a central route to isotope effects.

• Reduced massRelated: A diatomic molecule's vibrational frequency depends on the reduced mass of its atoms.

• AnharmonicityNarrower topic: Molecular bond potentials are anharmonic, especially at large vibrational amplitudes.

• C. V. RamanRelated: Energy exchanged with molecular vibrations produces characteristic Raman frequency shifts.

• Molecular physicsBroader topic: Vibrational modes produce characteristic molecular energy levels and infrared absorption.

• Terahertz radiationRelated: Low-frequency molecular vibrations can produce characteristic terahertz absorption features.

• Bent molecular geometryRelated: Bent molecules have bending vibrations that change the angle between their bonds.

• Gas laserRelated: Vibrational transitions in carbon dioxide and other molecules produce important infrared laser lines.

• Carbon-dioxide laserNarrower topic: The laser’s energy levels arise from carbon dioxide’s vibrational modes.

• Restoring forceRelated: Interatomic forces act as restoring forces when atoms are displaced from equilibrium.

• Rotational–vibrational spectroscopyRelated: Vibrational transitions provide the energy change around which rotational lines are organized.

• Coherent Raman scattering in a low-pressure gasRelated: These quantized motions supply the Raman-shift frequencies and resonances.