Excited states of alkali atoms in liquid 4He from density functional calculations

Journal of Low Temperature Physics

Volumn 102, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 381-410

  DeToffol, Giuseppe ^a   Ancilotto, Francesco ^a   Toigo, Flavio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 0042946633     PISSN: 00222291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00755121     Document Type: Article

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