Multiple ionization of atom clusters by intense soft X-rays from a free-electron laser

Nature

Volumn 420, Issue 6915, 2002, Pages 482-485

  Wabnitz, H ^a   Bittner, L ^a   De Castro, A R B ^b,c   Dohrmann R ^a   Gurtler P ^a   Laarmann, T ^a   Laasch, W ^a   Schulz, J ^a   Swiderski, A ^a   Von Haeften, K ^a,c   Moller T ^a,e   Faatz, B ^a   Fateev, A ^a   Feldhaus, J ^a   Gerth, C ^a   Hahn, U ^a   Saldin, E ^a   Schneidmiller, E ^a   Sytchev, K ^a   Tiedtke, K ^a   Treusch, R ^a   Yurkov, M ^d   more..

^a DESY   (Germany)

^b LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE LUZ SÍNCROTRON   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^e RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ATOMS; ELECTRONS; PHOTONS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAYS;

WAVELENGTH;

LASERS;

ION; LASER; X-RAY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; INFRARED RADIATION; IONIZATION; LASER; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY;

EID: 18744367804     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01197     Document Type: Article

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