Characters of representations for molecular motions
| Motion | E | S4 | C2 | (S4)3 | 
| Cartesian 3N | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Translation (x,y,z) | 3 | -1 | -1 | -1 | 
| Rotation (Rx,Ry,Rz) | 3 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 
| Vibration | -6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 
Decomposition to irreducible representations
| Motion | A | B | E* | Total | 
| Cartesian 3N | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Translation (x,y,z) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 
| Rotation (Rx,Ry,Rz) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 
| Vibration | -1 | -1 | -2 | -4 | 
Molecular parameter
| Number of Atoms (N) | 0 | 
| Number of internal coordinates | -6 | 
| Number of independant internal coordinates | -1 | 
| Number of vibrational modes | -4 | 
Force field analysis
Allowed / forbidden vibronational transitions    
| Operator | A | B | E* | Total | 
| Linear (IR) | -1 | -1 | -2 | -3 / -1 | 
| Quadratic (Raman) | -1 | -1 | -2 | -4 / 0 | 
| IR + Raman | - - - - | -1 | -2 | -3 / 0 | 
Characters of force fields
(Symmetric powers of vibration representation)
| Force field | E | S4 | C2 | (S4)3 | 
| linear | -6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 
| quadratic | 15 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 
| cubic | -20 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 
| quartic | 15 | -1 | -1 | -1 | 
| quintic | -6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 
| sextic | 1 | -1 | 1 | -1 | 
Decomposition to irreducible representations
Column with number of nonvanshing force constants highlighted
| Force field | A | B | E* | 
| linear | -1 | -1 | -2 | 
| quadratic | 4 | 3 | 4 | 
| cubic | -6 | -6 | -4 | 
| quartic | 3 | 4 | 4 | 
| quintic | -1 | -1 | -2 | 
| sextic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
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
Contributions to nonvanishing force field constants
pos(X) : Position of irreducible representation (irrep) X in character table of S
4
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(A) ≤ i ≤ pos(E) | 
|---|
| ..4. | EE. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
| Subtotal: 4 / 1 / 3 | 
| Irrep combinations (i,j) with indices: pos(A) ≤ i ≤ j ≤ pos(E) | 
|---|
| Subtotal: 0 / 0 / 3 | 
| Total: 4 / 1 / 6 | 
Contributions to nonvanishing cubic force field constants
| Irrep combinations (i,i,i) with indices: pos(A) ≤ i ≤ pos(E) | 
|---|
| Subtotal: 0 / 0 / 3 | 
| Irrep combinations (i,i,j) (i,j,j) with indices: pos(A) ≤ i ≤ j ≤ pos(E) | 
|---|
| Subtotal: -6 / 0 / 6 | 
| Irrep combinations (i,j,k) with indices: pos(A) ≤ i ≤ j ≤ k ≤ pos(E) | 
|---|
| Subtotal: 0 / 0 / 1 | 
| Total: -6 / 0 / 10 | 
Contributions to nonvanishing quartic force field constants
| Irrep combinations (i,i,i,i) with indices: pos(A) ≤ i ≤ pos(E) | 
|---|
| ..1. | EEEE. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
| Subtotal: 1 / 1 / 3 | 
| Irrep combinations (i,i,i,j) (i,j,j,j) with indices: pos(A) ≤ i ≤ j ≤ pos(E) | 
|---|
| Subtotal: 0 / 0 / 6 | 
| Irrep combinations (i,i,j,j) with indices: pos(A) ≤ i ≤ j ≤ pos(E) | 
|---|
| Subtotal: 0 / 0 / 3 | 
| Irrep combinations (i,i,j,k) (i,j,j,k) (i,j,k,k) with indices: pos(A) ≤ i ≤ j ≤ k ≤ pos(E) | 
|---|
| ..2. | ABEE. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
| Subtotal: 2 / 1 / 3 | 
| Irrep combinations (i,j,k,l) with indices: pos(A) ≤ i ≤ j ≤ k ≤ l ≤ pos(E) | 
|---|
| Subtotal: 0 / 0 / 0 | 
| Total: 3 / 2 / 15 | 
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