Laser spectroscopy of Si3 C

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 2005, Pages

  Stanton, John F ^a   Dudek, John ^b,c   Theuĺ, Patrice ^b,c   Gupta, Harshal ^a   McCarthy, M C ^b,c   Thaddeus, P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND TRANSITIONS; ELECTRONIC TRANSITIONS; EXCITED STATES; LASER SPECTROSCOPY;

ACETYLENE; IONIZATION; LASERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTONS; SILANES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 17444367654     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1869981     Document Type: Article

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