On the semiclassical description of quantum coherence in thermal rate constants

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4190-4200

  Sun, Xiong ^a,b   Wang, Haobin ^a,b   Miller, William H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0000543438     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.477025     Document Type: Article

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