Rotational autoionization and interseries coupling of high Rydberg states by the anisotropy of the molecular core: The quantal long time evolution

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4649-4663

  Remacle, F ^a,c   Levine, R D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c FNRS   (Belgium)

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EID: 0009342868     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.472308     Document Type: Article

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