Enhanced positron annihilation in small gaseous hydrocarbons: Threshold effects from symmetric C-H bond deformations

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Nishimura, Tamio ^a   Gianturco, Franco A ^a  

^a INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOND DEFORMATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HIGHLY DISTORTED MOLECULES; POLYATOMIC HYDROCARBONS;

CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DEFORMATION; GAS EMISSIONS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRONS; SCATTERING; THRESHOLD ELEMENTS;

HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 27144455841     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.72.022706     Document Type: Article

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