Dynamics of linear and T-shaped Ar-I2 dissociation upon B←X optical excitation: A dispersed fluorescence study of the linear isomer

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 7844-7856

  Stevens Miller, Amy E ^a   Chuang, Cheng Chi ^a   Fu, Henry C ^a   Higgins, Kelly J ^a   Klemperer, William ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000898234     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.480120     Document Type: Article

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