Ultrafast absorption of intense x rays by nitrogen molecules

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 136, Issue 21, 2012, Pages

  Buth, Christian ^a,b,c,d   Liu, Ji Cai ^a,e   Chen, Mau Hsiung ^f   Cryan, James P ^b,g   Fang, Li ^h   Glownia, James M ^b,g   Hoener, Matthias ^h   Coffee, Ryan N ^b   Berrah, Nora ^h  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO COMPUTATIONS; ABSORPTION CROSS SECTIONS; AVERAGE CHARGE STATE; CHARGE STATE; CROSS SECTION; DECAY WIDTHS; DOUBLE CORE; FIGURE OF MERITS; FREE ELECTRON; ION YIELDS; META-STABLE STATE; MOLECULAR FRAGMENTATION; NITROGEN ATOM; NITROGEN MOLECULE; ONE-ELECTRON THEORY; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS; RADIATIVE DECAY WIDTHS; RATE EQUATIONS; SELF-CONSISTENT FIELD; SINGLE ATOMS; TRANSITION ENERGY; ULTRA-FAST;

ATOMS; CALCULATIONS; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; LIGHT SOURCES; MOLECULES; PHOTOIONIZATION;

NITROGEN;

EID: 84862564396     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4722756     Document Type: Article

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