quantum dynamics, attochemistry, post Born-Oppenheimer
Disciplines :
Chemistry
Author, co-author :
Remacle, Françoise ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de chimie (sciences) > Laboratoire de chimie physique théorique
Levine Raphael D; Hebrew University of Jerusalem > Chemistry
Language :
English
Title :
Introduction to Beyond the Born- Oppenheimer Approximation: Ultrafast Time-Dependent Electronic and Nuclear Dynamics
Publication date :
2026
Main work title :
Handbook of Electronic Structure: Methods and Applications
Editor :
Barone Vincenzo
Hochlaf Majdi
Publisher :
Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands
ISBN/EAN :
978-0-443-26596-9
Pages :
23-44
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
Funders :
F.R.S.-FNRS - Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research BSF - United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation COST - European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Funding number :
T.0247.24,; 2.5020.11.; 2019722; CA18222
Funding text :
PDR Molecoh, CECI (Consortium des Equipements de Calcul Intensif), BSF, ATTOCHEM
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