Time-resolved imaging of purely valence-electron dynamics during a chemical reaction

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 612-615

  Hockett, Paul ^a   Bisgaard, Christer Z ^a,b   Clarkin, Owen J ^c   Stolow, Albert ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; ATOMS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; PHOTODISSOCIATION; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTONS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; X RAY ABSORPTION;

ELECTRONIC DYNAMICS; HIGH HARMONIC GENERATION; IONIZATION MATRICES; PHOTOELECTRON ANGULAR DISTRIBUTIONS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS METHODS; TIME RESOLVED IMAGING; TIME-RESOLVED METHODS; VIBRATIONAL DYNAMICS;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 79961022680     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1980     Document Type: Article

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