From double-slit interference to structural information in simple hydrocarbons

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

Volumn 110, Issue 38, 2013, Pages 15201-15206

  Kushawaha, Rajesh Kumar ^a,b   Patanen, Minna ^c   Guillemin, Renaud ^a,b   Journel, Loic ^a,b   Miron, Catalin ^c   Simon, Marc ^a,b   Piancastelli, Maria Novella ^a,b,d   Skates, C ^e   Decleva, Piero ^e,f,g  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^f Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia Dei Materiali Unita di Trieste ^*  (Italy)

^g DEMOCRITOS NATIONAL SIMULATION CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coherent state and molecular photoemission; Interference phenomena

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; CARBON; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COHERENT STATE AND MOLECULAR PHOTOEMISSION; INTERFERENCE PHENOMENA;

HYDROCARBONS; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SYNCHROTRONS;

EID: 84884302813     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1306697110     Document Type: Article

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