The electronic spectrum of the fluoroborane free radical. I. Theoretical calculation of the vibronic energy levels of the ground and first excited electronic states

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 130, Issue 16, 2009, Pages

  Sunahori, Fumie X ^a   Clouthier, Dennis J ^a   Carter, Stuart ^b   Tarroni, Riccardo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACES; ANHARMONICITIES; ELECTRONIC SPECTRUM; ELECTRONIC TRANSITIONS; ENERGY LEVELS; EXCITED ELECTRONIC STATE; EXCITED-STATE LEVELS; FIRST EXCITED STATE; GROUND STATE ENERGY LEVELS; GROUND VIBRATIONAL STATE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCES; LINEAR CONFIGURATIONS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; VARIATIONAL METHODS; VIBRATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS; VIBRATIONAL FREQUENCIES; VIBRATIONAL STRUCTURES; VIBRONIC ENERGY LEVELS; VIBRONIC INTERACTIONS;

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; EXCITED STATES; FREE RADICALS; HYDROGEN; POTENTIAL ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACES; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

ELECTRONIC STATES;

EID: 65149093382     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3122008     Document Type: Article

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