Is a molecular orbital measurable by means of tomographic imaging?

Foundations of Chemistry

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 87-91

  Ogilvie, J F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Experimental observable; Mathematical function; Orbital; Spectrometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052511334     PISSN: 13864238     EISSN: 15728463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10698-011-9113-1     Document Type: Article

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