Three-body decay of the [Formula Presented] [Formula Presented] and [Formula Presented] [Formula Presented] [Formula Presented] Rydberg states of the triatomic hydrogen molecule [Formula Presented]

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 3632-3642

  Muller U ^a   Cosby, P C ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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EID: 4243614140     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.59.3632     Document Type: Article

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