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If you guys haven't derived this yet, the <img
style="vertical-align: middle"
src="cid:part1.07040700.09030501@mercer.edu" alt="$\alpha$"> term
in the Morse potential can be given by<br>
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<img style="vertical-align: middle"
src="cid:part2.06080001.07010904@mercer.edu" alt="$\alpha =
\tilde{v}_e \left(\frac{\pi \mu c}{\hbar D_e}\right)$"><br>
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Andrew J. Pounds, Ph.D. (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pounds_aj@mercer.edu">pounds_aj@mercer.edu</a>)
Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
Mercer University, Macon, GA 31207 (478) 301-5627
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://faculty.mercer.edu/pounds_aj">http://faculty.mercer.edu/pounds_aj</a>
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