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← ScienceWhen a molecule undergoes significant thermal agitation within a mass spectrometer, which outcome regarding electron orbitals results?
A)Rydberg states' ionization threshold decreases
B)Auger decay rate becomes temperature-dependent
C)Molecular orbitals exhibit vibronic coupling✓
D)Franck-Condon factors approach zero
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Increased thermal agitation induces vibronic coupling, because this mechanism reflects interaction between vibrational and electronic states; increasing thermal energy leads to changes in the molecule's vibrational modes strongly coupled to its electronic structure. Therefore vibronic coupling increases, rather than ionization changes resulting directly from thermal effects.
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