Probing and controlling non-Born-Oppenheimer dynamics in highly excited molecular ions

Nature Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 232-237

  Zhou, X ^a,c   Ranitovic, P ^a   Hogle, C W ^a   Eland, J H D ^b   Kapteyn, H C ^a   Murnane, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84862807307     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2211     Document Type: Article

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