Orientation as a probe of photodissociation dynamics

Faraday Discussions

Volumn 113, Issue , 1999, Pages 27-36

  Kim, Zee Hwan ^a   Alexander, Andrew J ^a   Kandel, S Alex ^a,b   Rakitzis, T Peter ^a,c   Zare, Richard N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

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EID: 2742614580     PISSN: 13596640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a901828j     Document Type: Article

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