Femtosecond electronic response of atoms to ultra-intense X-rays

Nature

Volumn 466, Issue 7302, 2010, Pages 56-61

  Young, L ^a   Kanter, E P ^a   Krasignssig B ^a   Li, Y ^a   March, A M ^a   Pratt, S T ^a   Santra, R ^a,b   Southworth, S H ^a   Rohringer, N ^c   Dimauro, L F ^d   Doumy, G ^d   Roedig, C A ^d   Berrah, N ^e   Fang, L ^e   Hoener, M ^e,f   Bucksbaum, P H ^g   Cryan, J P ^g   Ghimire, S ^g   Glownia, J M ^g   Reis, D A ^g   Bozek, J D ^g   Bostedt, C ^g   Messerschmidt, M ^g   more..

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEON;

ABSORPTION; ELECTRON; LASER; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSPARENCY; WAVELENGTH; X-RAY;

ARTICLE; ATOM; ELECTRON; ELECTRONICS; IONIZATION; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; X RAY;

EID: 77954232615     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09177     Document Type: Article

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