Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol.100, No.11, 8540-8541, 1994
The Existence of Nonlinear Resonances in Collective Modes of Linear Macromolecules
A Lissajous figure and surfaces of section are presented which show a 4:7 nonlinear resonance between two selectively excited coordinates of a system containing 900 degrees of freedom. The significance of this work is, first, plots of this nature have never before been constructed for a multidimensional system this large; and second, the nonlinear resonance exists between two collective modes of the linear macromolecule.
Keywords:H STRETCHING REGION;SEMICLASSICAL CALCULATION;POLYMETHYLENE CHAIN;OSCILLATOR-SYSTEMS;FERMI RESONANCE;BOUND-STATES;BEHAVIOR;SPECTRA