Benchmark theoretical study of the ionization threshold of benzene and oligoacenes

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3106-3119

  Deleuze, M S ^a   Claes, L ^a   Kryachko, E S ^a,b   Francois J P ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b BOGOLYUBOV INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CALCULATIONS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; HYDROGEN; OLIGOMERS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ADIABATIC IONIZATION POTENTIALS; BASIS FUNCTIONS; IONIZATION ENERGIES; OLIGOACENES; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOELECTRON SPECTRA;

IONIZATION;

EID: 0041382246     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1589731     Document Type: Article

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