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\sect{The calculation of $Z(T)$ for AB and AA molecules}

A diatomic molecule ${AB}$ can be regrded as two atoms 
that are connected by a spring of length ${r_0}$, 
and vibration frequency $\omega_{0}$. 
The total angular momentum is ${\ell=0,1,2,...}$.
The masses of the atoms are $m_A$ and $m_B$, 
and they have spins $S_A$ and $S_B$. 

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(a) Explian what are the conditions that allow 
to ignore all the excited vibrational levels, 
so you can treat the molecule as a rigid body ("rotor").
 
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(b) Calculate the partition function 
of the diatomic molecule, assuming that 
it is like a classical rigid rotor.
Define the condition on the temperature 
for this approximation to hold. 

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(c) Calculate the partition function 
of the diatomic molecule, if the temperature 
is very low, taking only the ${\ell=0,1}$ 
states into account.

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(d) How the previous answers are modified for an $AA$ 
molecule that is composed of two identical spin0 atoms?


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(e) How the previous answers are modified for an $AA$
molecule that is composed of two identical spin 1/2 atoms?
What is the probability to find 
the spin configuration in a triplet state?
Relate to the two limits in (b) and (c).


