A review of dynamical resonances in A+BC chemical reactions

Zefeng Ren1,2,3, Zhigang Sun1,4, Donghui Zhang1,4

  • 1State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, People's Republic of China.

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