Near-threshold infrared photodetachment of [Formula Presented]: A determination of the electron affinity of aluminum and the range of validity of the Wigner law

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 2797-2804

  Calabrese, D ^a   Covington, A M ^a   Thompson, J S ^a   Marawar, R W ^b   Farley, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 17544363210     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.54.2797     Document Type: Article

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