Molecular Ionization: Is Rydberg Formula Possible?

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The Rydberg formula is not applicable to molecular ionization due to the complexity of molecular systems compared to hydrogen-like atoms, which consist of a nucleus and a single electron. While specific cases may yield similar formulas, these would lack the fundamental significance of the Rydberg equation and could be considered numerology. For a deeper understanding of ionization in molecular contexts, refer to Rydberg ionization spectroscopy.

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  • Basic knowledge of molecular ionization processes
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Is there sth like rydberg formula for Molecular ionization?
 
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No, it gets more and more complicated. Rydberg formula works only for hydrogen-like atoms (nucleus and one electron).

I guess for some very specific cases similar formulas could be found, but that would be numerology - while one can find some formula for every sequence, it doesn't meant the formula touches on some deeper phenomena as it is in the case of Rydberg's equation.
 

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