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Robert J. Buenker

Robert J. Buenker

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Chemistry

D-Index
86
Citations
25441
World Ranking
2550
National Ranking
190

Physics

D-Index
86
Citations
25624
World Ranking
2532
National Ranking
233

Overview

Robert J. Buenker is affiliated with the University of Wuppertal in Germany. Their research predominantly spans the field of Physics and Astronomy, with detailed focus in subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, and Atmospheric Science.

The core topics covered in their work include Relativity and Gravitational Theory, Quantum Mechanics and Applications, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies, Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate.

Buenker has several recent publications demonstrating active research output. Notable papers include:

  • Single- and Double-Electron Capture Processes in Low-Energy Collisions of N4+ Ions with He*, 2020, Chinese Physics Letters
  • Proof That the Lorentz Transformation is Incompatible with the Law of Causality, 2022, East African Scholars Journal of Engineering and Computer Sciences
  • Proof that Einstein's Light Speed Postulate is Untenable, 2022, East African Scholars Journal of Engineering and Computer Sciences
  • Experimental Refutation of Einstein's Symmetry Principle, 2023, East African Scholars Journal of Engineering and Computer Sciences
  • Incompatibility of FitzGerald-Lorentz Contraction and Time Dilation, 2023, East African Scholars Journal of Engineering and Computer Sciences

The frequent collaborators in their research include Yi-Zhi Qu, Yong Wu, Chunhua Liu, Heinz-Peter Liebermann, and Ling Liu.

Research dissemination primarily occurs through specific publication venues such as the East African Scholars Journal of Engineering and Computer Sciences, Journal of Physics & Optics Sciences, Chinese Physics B, Chinese Physics Letters, and the International Journal of Advanced Multidisciplinary Research and Studies.

Best Publications

  • Applicability of the multi-reference double-excitation CI (MRD-CI) method to the calculation of electronic wavefunctions and comparison with related techniques

    Robert J. Buenker;Sigrid D. Peyerimhoff;Werner Butscher

  • Energy Extrapolation in CI Calculations

    Robert J. Buenker;Sigrid D. Peyerimhoff

  • Implementation of the table CI method: Matrix elements between configurations with the same number of open-shells

    Robert J. Buenker;Robin A. Phillips

  • Individualized configuration selection in CI calculations with subsequent energy extrapolation

    Robert J. Buenker;Sigrid D. Peyerimhoff

  • The ground state of the CN+ ion: a multi-reference Ci study

    Pablo J. Bruna;Sigrid D. Peyerimhoff;Robert J. Buenker

  • Electronically excited and ionized states of the chlorine molecule

    Sigrid D. Peyerimhoff;Robert J. Buenker

  • Molecular geometry and the Mulliken-Walsh molecular orbital model. Ab initio study

    Robert J. Buenker;Sigrid D. Peyerimhoff

  • A new table-direct configuration interaction method for the evaluation of Hamiltonian matrix elements in a basis of linear combinations of spin-adapted functions

    Stefan Krebs;Robert J. Buenker

  • Ab initio CI study of the stability and electronic spectrum of the HOCl molecule

    Gerhard Hirsch;Pablo J. Bruna;Sigrid D. Peyerimhoff;Robert J. Buenker

  • All-valence-electron configuration mixing calculations for the characterization of the 1(π, π*) states of ethylene

    Robert J. Buenker;Sigrid D. Peyerimhoff

  • Non-adiabatic coupling matrix elements for large CI wavefunctions

    Gerhard Hirsch;Pablo J. Bruna;Robert J. Buenker;Sigrid D. Peyerimhoff

  • Comparison of perturbatively corrected energy results from multiple reference double‐excitation configuration‐interaction method calculations with exact full configuration‐interaction benchmark values

    David B. Knowles;José Ramon Alvarez‐Collado;Gerhard Hirsch;Robert J. Buenker

  • Theoretical prediction of the potential curves for the lowest‐lying states of the isovalent diatomics CN+, Si2, SiC, CP+, and SiN+ using the abinitio MRD‐CI method

    Pablo J. Bruna;Sigrid D. Peyerimhoff;Robert J. Buenker

  • Calculations on the electronic spectrum of water

    Robert J. Buenker;Sigrid D. Peyerimhoff

  • Combining perturbation theory techniques with variational CI calculations to study molecular excited states

    Robert J. Buenker

  • Calculation of spin-forbidden radiative transitions using correlated wavefunctions: Lifetimes of b1Σ+, a1Δ states in O2, S2 and SO

    Rainer Klotz;Christel M. Marian;Sigrid D. Peyerimhoff;Bernd A. Hess

  • Combined SCF and CI Method for the Calculation of Electronically Excited States of Molecules: Potential Curves for the Low‐Lying States of Formaldehyde

    Robert J. Buenker;Sigrid D. Peyerimhoff

  • Ab initiostudy of NO2: Part II: Non-adiabatic coupling between the two lowest2A′ states and the construction of a diabatic representation

    Gerhard Hirsch;Robert J. Buenker;Carlo Petrongolo

  • NONADIABATIC TREATMENT OF THE INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION IN THE V-N BANDS OF ETHYLENE

    C. Petrongolo;R. J. Buenker;S. D. Peyerimhoff

  • CI method for the study of general molecular potentials

    Robert J. Buenker;Sigrid D. Peyerimhoff

Frequent Co-Authors

Sigrid D. Peyerimhoff
Sigrid D. Peyerimhoff University of Bonn
Christel M. Marian
Christel M. Marian Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Alex Dalgarno
Alex Dalgarno Harvard University
Peter Nordlander
Peter Nordlander Rice University
Josep M. Anglada
Josep M. Anglada Spanish National Research Council
Mark Brouard
Mark Brouard University of Oxford
Leland C. Allen
Leland C. Allen Princeton University
Gary J. Ferland
Gary J. Ferland University of Kentucky
Paul B. Corkum
Paul B. Corkum University of Ottawa
Vlasta Bonačić-Koutecký
Vlasta Bonačić-Koutecký University of Split

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