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The Role of Rydberg States in Spectroscopy and Photochemistry

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Sandorfy, C. (1999). Preliminaries. In: Sándorfy, C. (eds) The Role of Rydberg States in Spectroscopy and Photochemistry. Understanding Chemical Reactivity, vol 20. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46938-3_1

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