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← ScienceWhich outcome occurs when the wavefunction symmetry matches the vibrational mode symmetry during an infrared transition?
A)Increased transition dipole moment✓
B)Selection rule forbids transition
C)Accelerated quantum decoherence
D)Decreased Franck-Condon overlap
💡 Explanation
Enhanced absorption occurs because matching symmetries permit a non-zero transition dipole moment within the dipole approximation, enabling efficient photon absorption, mediated by Fermi's Golden Rule; therefore, increased transition dipole moments result, rather than a forbidden transition because symmetry conditions became fulfilled.
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