Reaction path Hamiltonian and the unified reaction valley approach

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Molecular Science

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 531-556

  Kraka, Elfi ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION; HAMILTONIAN MODELS; REACTING SPECIES; REACTION DYNAMICS; REACTION MECHANISM; STATE OF THE ART; TRANSIENT SPECIES; USEFUL PROPERTIES;

CHEMICAL BONDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; REACTION INTERMEDIATES;

HAMILTONIANS;

EID: 84865494198     PISSN: 17590876     EISSN: 17590884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcms.65     Document Type: Review

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