Direct observation of electron propagation and dielectric screening on the atomic length scale

Nature

Volumn 517, Issue 7534, 2015, Pages 342-346

  Neppl, S ^a,b,j   Ernstorfer, R ^c   Cavalieri, A L ^d,e,f   Lemell, C ^g   Wachter, G ^g   Magerl, E ^b   Bothschafter, E M ^h   Jobst, M ^a,b   Hofstetter, M ^b,h   Kleineberg, U ^b,h   Barth, J V ^a   Menzel, D ^a,c   Burgdorfer J ^g,i   Feulner, P ^a   Krausz, F ^b,h   Kienberger, R ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^c FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF MATTER   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^f Center for Free Electron Laser Science CFEL   (Germany)

^g VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^j LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; TUNGSTEN;

CRYSTAL; DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; ELECTRON; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ARTICLE; ATOM; DISPERSION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VELOCITY;

EID: 84923197247     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature14094     Document Type: Article

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