Calculating the lifetimes of metastable states with complex density functional theory

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1916-1920

  Zhou, Yongxi ^a   Ernzerhof, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUND STATE; COMPLEX ABSORBING POTENTIALS; COMPLEX ENERGY; EXCHANGE-CORRELATION FUNCTIONALS; FUNCTIONALS; IN-LINE; KOHN SHAM METHODS; META-STABLE STATE; METASTABLE SYSTEMS; NITROGEN MOLECULE; RESONANCE POSITION; UNBOUND STATE;

BERYLLIUM;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84864044171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz3006805     Document Type: Article

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