Ultra-fast and ultra-intense x-ray sciences: First results from the Linac Coherent Light Source free-electron laser

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2013, Pages

  Bostedt, C ^a   Bozek, J D ^a   Bucksbaum, P H ^a   Coffee, R N ^a   Hastings, J B ^a   Huang, Z ^a   Lee, R W ^a   Schorb, S ^a   Corlett, J N ^b   Denes, P ^b   Emma, P ^b   Falcone, R W ^b   Schoenlein, R W ^b   Doumy, G ^c   Kanter, E P ^c   Kraessig, B ^c   Southworth, S ^c   Young, L ^c   Fang, L ^d   Hoener, M ^d   Berrah, N ^d   Roedig, C ^e   Dimauro, L F ^e   more..

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; COHERENT LIGHT; EXPERIMENTS; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; LIGHT SOURCES; LINEAR ACCELERATORS;

DOUBLE CORE-HOLE SPECTROSCOPIES; FEMTOSECOND X-RAY PULSE; ION SPECTROSCOPIES; LINAC COHERENT LIGHT SOURCE; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; QUANTUM CONTROL; X-RAY FREE ELECTRON LASERS; X-RAY INTERACTION;

X RAYS;

EID: 84883159226     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: 13616455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/46/16/164003     Document Type: Review

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