Characters of representations for molecular motions

Motion	E	2C3	3σv
Cartesian 3N	12	0	2
Translation (x,y,z)	3	0	1
Rotation (Rx,Ry,Rz)	3	0	-1
Vibration	6	0	2

Decomposition to irreducible representations

Motion	A1	A2	E	Total
Cartesian 3N	3	1	4	8
Translation (x,y,z)	1	0	1	2
Rotation (Rx,Ry,Rz)	0	1	1	2
Vibration	2	0	2	4

Molecular parameter

Number of Atoms (N)	4
Number of internal coordinates	6
Number of independant internal coordinates	2
Number of vibrational modes	4

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Force field analysis

Allowed / forbidden vibronational transitions

Operator	A1	A2	E	Total
Linear (IR)	2	0	2	4 / 0
Quadratic (Raman)	2	0	2	4 / 0
IR + Raman	2	0	2	4 / 0

Characters of force fields
(Symmetric powers of vibration representation)

Force field	E	2C3	3σv
linear	6	0	2
quadratic	21	0	5
cubic	56	2	8
quartic	126	0	14
quintic	252	0	20
sextic	462	3	30

Decomposition to irreducible representations
Column with number of nonvanshing force constants highlighted

Force field	A1	A2	E
linear	2	0	2
quadratic	6	1	7
cubic	14	6	18
quartic	28	14	42
quintic	52	32	84
sextic	93	63	153

Further Reading

• J.K.G. Watson, J. Mol. Spec. 41 229 (1972)
  The Numbers of Structural Parameters and Potential Constants of Molecules
  
  
• X.F. Zhou, P. Pulay. J. Comp. Chem. 10 No. 7, 935-938 (1989)
  Characters for Symmetric and Antisymmetric Higher Powers of Representations:
  Application to the Number of Anharmonic Force Constants in Symmetrical Molecules
  
  
• F. Varga, L. Nemes, J.K.G. Watson. J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 10 No. 7, 5043-5048 (1996)
  The number of anharmonic potential constants of the fullerenes C₆₀ and C₇₀

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Contributions to nonvanishing force field constants

pos(X) : Position of irreducible representation (irrep) X in character table of C_3v

Subtotal: <Number of nonvanishing force constants in subsection> / <number of nonzero irrep combinations in subsection> / <number of irrep combinations in subsection>
Total: <Number of nonvanishing force constants in force field> / <number of nonzero irrep combinations in force field> / <number of irrep combinations in force field>

Contributions to nonvanishing quadratic force field constants

Irrep combinations (i,i) with indices: pos(A1) ≤ i ≤ pos(E)
..3.	A1A1.	..3.	EE.
Subtotal: 6 / 2 / 3
Irrep combinations (i,j) with indices: pos(A1) ≤ i ≤ j ≤ pos(E)
Subtotal: 0 / 0 / 3
Total: 6 / 2 / 6

Contributions to nonvanishing cubic force field constants

Irrep combinations (i,i,i) with indices: pos(A1) ≤ i ≤ pos(E)
..4.	A1A1A1.	..4.	EEE.
Subtotal: 8 / 2 / 3
Irrep combinations (i,i,j) (i,j,j) with indices: pos(A1) ≤ i ≤ j ≤ pos(E)
..6.	A1EE.
Subtotal: 6 / 1 / 6
Irrep combinations (i,j,k) with indices: pos(A1) ≤ i ≤ j ≤ k ≤ pos(E)
Subtotal: 0 / 0 / 1
Total: 14 / 3 / 10

Contributions to nonvanishing quartic force field constants

Irrep combinations (i,i,i,i) with indices: pos(A1) ≤ i ≤ pos(E)
..5.	A1A1A1A1.	..6.	EEEE.
Subtotal: 11 / 2 / 3
Irrep combinations (i,i,i,j) (i,j,j,j) with indices: pos(A1) ≤ i ≤ j ≤ pos(E)
..8.	A1EEE.
Subtotal: 8 / 1 / 6
Irrep combinations (i,i,j,j) with indices: pos(A1) ≤ i ≤ j ≤ pos(E)
..9.	A1A1EE.
Subtotal: 9 / 1 / 3
Irrep combinations (i,i,j,k) (i,j,j,k) (i,j,k,k) with indices: pos(A1) ≤ i ≤ j ≤ k ≤ pos(E)
Subtotal: 0 / 0 / 3
Irrep combinations (i,j,k,l) with indices: pos(A1) ≤ i ≤ j ≤ k ≤ l ≤ pos(E)
Subtotal: 0 / 0 / 0
Total: 28 / 4 / 15

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