Carbon chains of type C2n+1 N- (n=2-6): A theoretical study of potential interstellar anions

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Botschwina, Peter ^a   Oswald, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENTS; FORECASTING; IONS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETISM; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; RADAR ASTRONOMY; RADIO ASTRONOMY;

BOND LENGTHS; CARBON CHAINS; CCSD(T); CENTER-OF-MASS; CENTRIFUGAL DISTORTION CONSTANTS; CHAIN LENGTHS; CO-ORDINATE SYSTEMS; COUPLED CLUSTERS; EQUILIBRIUM STRUCTURES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GROUND-STATE; LINEAR ANIONS; LINEAR MOLECULES; MATRIX-ISOLATION; SPECTROSCOPIC DATA; SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; VERTICAL DETACHMENT ENERGIES;

NEGATIVE IONS;

EID: 49149129764     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2949093     Document Type: Article

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