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The basic partitioning of the energy of a molecule into electronic, vibrational and rotational is discussed from the general point of view of coordinate transformations. Our message is that when experiment indicates an approximate separability there is also a natural coordinate system in which it becomes clear how and why it comes about.
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Essén, H. (1983). Kinematic and Dynamic Partitionings of the Energy; Coordinate and other Transformations. In: Hinze, J. (eds) Energy Storage and Redistribution in Molecules. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3667-9_19
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