Thermal Properties of CO Diatomic Molecule in the Presence of Energy Slope Parameter (ESP)

TL;DR

This study investigates how the energy slope parameter influences the thermal properties of the CO diatomic molecule using the energy-dependent Kratzer potential, providing numerical insights into specific heat, entropy, and free energy.

Contribution

It introduces a numerical analysis of thermal properties of CO molecules considering the energy slope parameter within the EDKP framework, expanding understanding of molecular thermal behavior.

Findings

Energy slope parameter affects thermal properties significantly.

Thermal properties vary for positive and negative energy slope values.

Results applicable to molecular physics and related fields.

Abstract

In this research article, thermal properties of energy dependent Kratzer potential (EDKP) for CO diatomic molecule is presented. The non-relativistic energy spectra earlier obtained by Ikot et al. [7] for EDKP was utilized to numerically obtain the partition function. This partition function was then used to obtain the thermal properties (such specific heat capacity, entropy, mean energy and Helmholtz free energy) of this system numerically for negative and positive values of the energy slope parameter respectively. It is observed that the energy slope parameter regulates the behavior of the system for different values. The results of this study will find direct application in molecular physics.