Restricted Rotator Thermodynamic Properties from the Old Quantum Theory

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Abstract
Accurate partition functions and free energies are calculated for the hindered internal rotator from the old quantum theory based upon the quantization rule of Wilson and Sommerfeld. The description of the system is incomplete and the energy levels may even be incorrectly placed, but the partition functions are surprisingly close to those now accepted as correct. In the course of the development the lowest energy state of the harmonic oscillator turns up in its correct position at the half‐quantum level.