Vibrational and rotational bound states in floppy triatomic systems: The distributed Gaussian functions approach

Physics Reports

Volumn 452, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-32

  Baccarelli, I ^a   Gianturco, F A ^b   Gonzalez Lezana T ^c   Delgado Barrio, G ^c   Miret Artes S ^c   Villarreal, P ^c  

^a CASPUR   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS Y FÍSICA FUNDAMENTAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Floppy trimers; Gaussian functions; Rovibrational states

Indexed keywords

EID: 34948816624     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physrep.2007.07.002     Document Type: Review

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