Numerical implementation and test of the modified variational multiconfigurational gaussian method for high-dimensional quantum dynamics

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 117, Issue 32, 2013, Pages 6948-6959

  Ronto, Miklos ^a   Shalashilin, Dmitrii V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FUNCTION PARAMETERS; GAUSSIAN METHODS; HIGH-DIMENSIONAL; MATRIX INVERSIONS; NUMERICAL IMPLEMENTATION; STABILITY AND ROBUSTNESS; SYSTEM OF LINEAR EQUATIONS; VARIATIONAL PRINCIPLES;

LINEAR SYSTEMS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; QUANTUM OPTICS; TRAJECTORIES; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84882370236     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp310976d     Document Type: Article

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