Theoretical methods for small-molecule ro-vibrational spectroscopy

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 13, 2010, Pages

  Lodi, Lorenzo ^a   Tennyson, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; POTENTIAL ENERGY; QUANTUM THEORY;

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; DIPOLE MOMENT SURFACES; DISCRETE VARIABLE REPRESENTATION; EFFECTIVE HAMILTONIAN; INTERNAL COORDINATES; MOLECULAR POTENTIAL ENERGIES; NON-BORN-OPPENHEIMER EFFECTS; RO-VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPIES;

MOLECULES;

EID: 77953834147     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: 13616455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/43/13/133001     Document Type: Article

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