How to Compute Electron Ionization Mass Spectra from First Principles

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 120, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 3755-3766

  Bauer, Christoph Alexander ^a   Grimme, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; REACTION KINETICS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

DYNAMIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRON IONIZATION; ELECTRON IONIZATION MASS SPECTRA; MEDIUM-SIZED MOLECULES; QUANTITATIVE RESULT; QUASI EQUILIBRIUM; RICE-RAMSPERGER-KASSEL-MARCUS; UNIMOLECULAR REACTIONS;

PHASE SPACE METHODS;

EID: 84971643970     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b02907     Document Type: Article

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