Dynamics of molecules in extreme rotational states

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

Volumn 108, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 6872-6877

  Yuan, Liwei ^a   Teitelbaum, Samuel W ^a,b   Robinson, Allison ^a   Mullin, Amy S ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; High energy molecules; Rotational dynamics; Strong optical fields; Transient spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGE; CHEMICAL BOND; ENERGY TRANSFER; INFRARED RADIATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; ROTATION;

EID: 79955552155     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1018669108     Document Type: Article

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