Modeling unimolecular reactions in photoelectron photoion coincidence experiments

Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1233-1245

  Sztáray, Bálint ^a   Bodi, Andras ^b   Baer, Tomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

absolute rate theories; modeling software; PEPICO; RRKM; time of flight MS; unimolecular dissociation

Indexed keywords

ION SOURCES; ISOMERS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; NEGATIVE IONS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTONS; RATE CONSTANTS;

MODELING SOFTWARES; PEPICO; RATE THEORY; RRKM; TIME-OF-FLIGHT MS; UNIMOLECULAR DISSOCIATION;

DISSOCIATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISSOCIATION; IONIZATION; ISOMER; ISOMERIZATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 78649564297     PISSN: 10765174     EISSN: 10969888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jms.1813     Document Type: Article

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