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Principal axis system, the whole coupling tensor
CPL evaluates the complete 3x3 coupling tensor with respect
to the Cartesian input coordinate system. Depending on the orientation of the
molecule, and the local symmetry, the coupling tensor has in fact often only a
small number of independent components. CPL evaluates the 'principal
components' by the following procedure: the 3x3 matrix is transformed into the
basis of the eigenvectors of its symmetric part. This diagonalizes the
symmetric part of the coupling tensor. A set of eigenvectors (= 'principal axis
system') is also printed.
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