Path-integral monte carlo scheme for rigid tops: Application to the quantum rotator phase transition in solid methane

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 77, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 2638-2641

  Muser M H ^a   Berne, B J ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 4243529518     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.2638     Document Type: Article

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