L Nedelec Existence of resonances for matrix schrodinger operators (348K, ps) ABSTRACT. We study the resonances of matrix Schr\"odinger operators, in the semi-classical limit, motivated by the Born-Oppen\-heimer approximation. Precisely, we are interested in a lower bound on the number of resonances near a point. We obtain the lower bound $C h^{-1}|\ln h|^{-\frac 3 2}$ for $n=3$.