High-resolution rotational coherence spectroscopy of para-cyclohexylaniline

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 3650-3661

  Riehn, Christoph ^a   Weichert, Andreas ^a   Lommatzsch, Uwe ^a   Zimmermann, Marcus ^a   Brutschy, Bernhard ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0000144013     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.480937     Document Type: Article

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