Theory of vibrational relaxation processes in resonant collisions of low-energy electrons with large molecules

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 109, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 6577-6595

  Thoss, Michael ^a   Domcke, Wolfgang ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0001409293     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.477310     Document Type: Article

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