Coherent elastic and rotationally inelastic scattering of N2, O2, and CH4 from a 10 K Cu(111) surface

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 9262-9267

  Andersson, T ^a   Althoff, F ^a   Linde, P ^a   Hassel, M ^a   Persson, M ^a   Andersson, S ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; METHANE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITROGEN; OXIDES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

COHERENT ELASTIC SCATTERING; ROTATIONALLY INELASTIC SCATTERING;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0034317113     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1319519     Document Type: Article

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