On the zero point energy in classical trajectory computations

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 8136-8141

  Ben Nun, M ^a,b   Levine, R D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 0013606318     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.472668     Document Type: Article

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