On the role of ions in pulsed field ionization zero-kinetic-energy photoelectron spectroscopy

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1729, 1997, Pages 1551-1568

  Palm, H ^a   Signorell, R ^a   Merkt, F ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 3042888569     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1997.0076     Document Type: Article

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