Complex trajectory method in semiclassical propagation of wave packets

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3431-3444

  Boiron, Marc ^a   Lombardi, Maurice ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

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EID: 11744360460     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.475743     Document Type: Article

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