Higher symmetries in Jahn-Teller systems.

This thesis provides primarily a full and frank review of the many roles the SO(3) algebra of quasispin has to play in nuclear, atomic and ligand-field theory. It is shown that the intriguing conclusion drawn by Ceulemans in 1984, i.e. that first order Jahn-Teller activity is forbidden in half-fille...

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Main Author: Savage, E. D.
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Physics 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/6184