Virtual-state formation in positron scattering from vibrating molecules: a gateway to annihilation enhancement

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 18, 2003, Pages

  Nishimura, Tamio ^a,b   Gianturco, Franco A ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; CHARGED PARTICLES; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRONS; GROUND STATE; HYDROCARBONS; IONIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POSITRONS;

ANNIHILATION ENHANCEMENT; MOLECULAR GASES; POSITRON SCATTERING; VIRTUAL STATE FORMATION;

MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS;

EID: 0037934517     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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