Rotational propensities in the state selection of NH+3 by pulsed-field ionization

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1729, 1997, Pages 1585-1607

  Dickinson, H ^a   Rolland, D ^a   Softley, T P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 3042964175     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1997.0078     Document Type: Article

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