Collective autoionization in multiply-excited systems: A novel ionization process observed in Helium Nanodroplets

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Laforge, A C ^a   Drabbels, M ^b   Brauer, N B ^b   Coreno, M ^c   Devetta, M ^d   Di Fraia, M ^e   Finetti, P ^f   Grazioli, C ^f   Katzy, R ^a   Lyamayev, V ^a   Mazza, T ^g   Mudrich, M ^a   O'Keeffe, P ^c   Ovcharenko, Y ^h   Piseri, P ^d   Plekan, O ^f   Prince, K C ^f   Richter, R ^f   Stranges, S ⁱ   Callegari, C ^f   Moller T ^h   Stienkemeier, F ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^f SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^g EUROPEAN XFEL GMBH   (Germany)

^h TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

ⁱ SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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EID: 84892173957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03621     Document Type: Article

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