Metastable and collision induced Coulomb explosion of doubly charged ammonia cluster ions

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 4760-4763

  Rexer, Eric F ^a   DeLeon, Robert L ^a   Garvey, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 0343471803     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.474839     Document Type: Article

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