Free electron laser-driven ultrafast rearrangementöf the electronic structure in Ti

Structural Dynamics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Principi, E ^a   Giangrisostomi, E ^a   Cucini, R ^a   Bencivenga, F ^a   Battistoni, A ^a   Gessini, A ^a   Mincigrucci, R ^a   Saito, M ^a   Di Fonzo, S ^a   D'Amico, F ^a   Di Cicco, A ^b   Gunnella, R ^b   Filipponi, A ^c   Giglia, A ^d   Nannarone, S ^d,e   Masciovecchio, C ^a  

^a SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^d IOM CNR LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; EXCITED STATES; FREE ELECTRON LASERS;

EXCITED ELECTRONS; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET RADIATIONS; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; NONEQUILIBRIUM STATE; SOLID DENSITY; TIME-SCALES; TRANSIENT STATE; ULTRA-FAST;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 84947293828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23297778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4935687     Document Type: Article

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