Asymmetric top rotors in electric fields: Influence of chaos and collisions in molecular beam deflection experiments

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 109, Issue 38, 2005, Pages 8507-8514

  Abd El Rahim, M ^a   Antoine, R ^a   Broyer, M ^a   Rayane, D ^a   Dugourd, Ph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHAOS THEORY; ISOMERS; MOLECULAR BEAMS; ROTORS;

ELECTRIC DEFLECTION; MOLECULE-ELECTRIC FIELD INTERACTION; ROTATIONAL MOTION; STARK EFFECTS;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

EID: 26844533671     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp053127p     Document Type: Article

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