Interference in acetylene intersystem crossing acts as the molecular analog of Young's double-slit experiment

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2510-2514

  De Groot, Mattijs ^a   Field, Robert W ^b   Buma, Wybren J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition mixed eigenstates; Nonradiative decay interference; Photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 62449243005     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0809159106     Document Type: Article

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