Multiple ionization and fragmentation dynamics of molecular iodine studied in IR-XUV pump-probe experiments

Faraday Discussions

Volumn 171, Issue , 2014, Pages 41-56

  Schnorr, K ^a   Senftleben, A ^a,b   Schmid, G ^a   Rudenko, A ^c   Kurka, M ^a   Meyer, K ^a   Foucar, L ^d   Kubel M ^e,f   Kling, M F ^e,f   Jiang, Y H ^g   Dusterer S ^h   Treusch, R ^h   Schroter C D ^a   Ullrich, J ^a,i   Pfeifer, T ^a   Moshammer, R ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^g SHANGHAI ADVANCED RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^h DESY   (Germany)

ⁱ PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

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EID: 84912025305     PISSN: 13596640     EISSN: 13645498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4fd00031e     Document Type: Article

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