Jahn-Teller effect in the methane cation: Rovibronic structure and the geometric phase

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 17, 2006, Pages

  Worner H J ^a   Van Der Veen, R ^a   Merkt, F ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; IONIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POSITIVE IONS;

GEOMETRIC PHASE; IONIZATION ENERGY; ROVIBRONIC SYMMETRY; TUNNELING MOTION;

METHANE;

EID: 33750450016     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.173003     Document Type: Article

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