Positronium hydrides and the [Formula Presented] molecule: Bound-state properties, positron annihilation rates, and hyperfine structure

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 2662-2673

  Frolov, Alexei M ^a   Smith, Vedene H ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0001536615     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.55.2662     Document Type: Article

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