Spectroscopy of cold LiCa molecules formed on helium nanodroplets

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 117, Issue 50, 2013, Pages 13719-13731

  Krois, Günter ^a   Pototschnig, Johann V ^a   Lackner, Florian ^a   Ernst, Wolfgang E ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GROUND-STATE MOLECULES; HIGH-LEVEL AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MULTI REFERENCE CONFIGURATION INTERACTIONS; POTENTIAL ENERGY CURVES; RESONANCE-ENHANCED MULTIPHOTON IONIZATION; VIBRATIONAL STRUCTURES;

ALKALINE EARTH METALS; CALCULATIONS; DROPS; EXCITED STATES; HELIUM; PHOTOIONIZATION;

MOLECULES;

EID: 84890936881     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp407818k     Document Type: Article

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