Decoherent histories and nonadiabatic quantum molecular dynamics simulations

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 8611-8618

  Bittner, Eric R ^a   Rossky, Peter J ^b  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0042172998     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.475013     Document Type: Article

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