Femtosecond electron diffraction: 'Making the molecular movie'

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

Volumn 364, Issue 1840, 2006, Pages 741-778

  Dwyer, Jason R ^a   Hebeisen, Christoph T ^a   Ernstorfer, Ralph ^a   Harb, Maher ^a   Deyirmenjian, Vatche B ^a   Jordan, Robert E ^a   Miller, R J Dwayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atomic level view of dynamics; Electron electron correlations; Femtosecond electron diffraction; Laser ponderomotive effects; Space charge effects; Transition states

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645325406     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2005.1735     Document Type: Article

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