Breakdown of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation in the F + 0-D2 → DF + D reaction

Science

Volumn 317, Issue 5841, 2007, Pages 1061-1064

  Che, Li ^a   Ren, Zefeng ^a   Wang, Xingan ^a   Dong, Wenrui ^a   Dai, Dongxu ^a   Wang, Xiuyan ^a   Zhang, Dong H ^a   Yang, Xueming ^a   Sheng, Liusi ^b   Li, Guoliang ^c   Werner, Hans Joachim ^c   Lique, Francois ^d   Alexander, Millard H ^d  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^d University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; FLUORINE; HYDROGEN;

BORN APPROXIMATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; FLUORINE; HYDROGEN; REACTIVATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTRON; GEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 34548222142     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1144984     Document Type: Article

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