A hitherto unrecognized source of low-energy electrons in water

Nature Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-146

  Mucke, Melanie ^a   Braune, Markus ^b   Barth, Silko ^a   Förstel, Marko ^a,c   Lischke, Toralf ^a   Ulrich, Volker ^a   Arion, Tiberiu ^a   Becker, Uwe ^b   Bradshaw, Alex ^a,b   Hergenhahn, Uwe ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^d HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INELASTIC SCATTERING; IONIZATION; IONIZING RADIATION; MOLECULES;

AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT; AUTOIONIZATION PROCESS; COINCIDENCE MEASUREMENT; INCIDENT RADIATION; IONIZATION DAMAGE; LOW ENERGY ELECTRONS; SECONDARY ELECTRONS; VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 76449113071     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1500     Document Type: Article

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