Resonances and quantum scattering for the Morse potential as a barrier

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 935-944

  Rawitscher, G ^a   Merow, Cory ^a   Nguyen, Matthew ^a   Simhotin, Ionel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 23044534177     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1485714     Document Type: Article

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