An accurate analytic potential function for ground-state N2 from a direct-potential-fit analysis of spectroscopic data

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 125, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Le Roy, Robert J ^a   Huang, Yiye ^a   Jary, Calvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; GROUND STATE; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

DIRECT-POTENTIAL-FIT (DPF) ANALYSIS; ISOTOPOLOGUE ANALYSIS; QUANTUM MECHANICAL ACCURACY;

POTENTIAL ENERGY;

EID: 33750434500     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2354502     Document Type: Article

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