The ground state of (CS)4 is different from that of (CO) 4: An experimental test of a computational prediction by negative ion photoelectron spectroscopy

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 117, Issue 33, 2013, Pages 7841-7846

  Zhang, Jian ^a,d   Hrovat, David A ^b   Sun, Zhenrong ^a   Bao, Xiaoguang ^c   Borden, Weston Thatcher ^b   Wang, Xue Bin ^d  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL PREDICTIONS; ELECTRONIC TRANSITION; ENERGY DIFFERENCES; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; FRANCK-CONDON FACTORS; SINGLET GROUND STATE; SPECTRAL ASSIGNMENTS; VIBRATIONAL STRUCTURES;

NEGATIVE IONS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

GROUND STATE;

EID: 84883189654     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp406160d     Document Type: Article

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