Bond dissocation and conformational energetics of tetrasulfur: A quantum Monte Carlo study

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2088-2092

  Harkless, John A W ^a   Francisco, Joseph S ^b  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION MONTE CARLO (DMC) CALCULATIONS; QUANTUM MONTE CARLO (QMC) STUDY; VARIATIONAL MONTE CARLO (VMC);

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 47049102503     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp076376h     Document Type: Article

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