Following the dynamics of matter with femtosecond precision using the X-ray streaking method

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  David, C ^a   Karvinen, P ^a   Sikorski, M ^b   Song, S ^b   Vartiainen, I ^a   Milne, C J ^a   Mozzanica, A ^a   Kayser, Y ^a   Diaz, A ^a   Mohacsi, I ^a   Carini, G A ^b   Herrmann, S ^b   Farm, E ^c   Ritala, M ^c   Fritz, D M ^b   Robert, A ^b  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 84929481784     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07644     Document Type: Article

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