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Zero-phonon lines in spectra of large molecules

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Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 37, No. 6, pp. 906–922, December, 1982.

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Rebane, K.K. Zero-phonon lines in spectra of large molecules. J Appl Spectrosc 37, 1346–1361 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00662477

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