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Determining the Time Zero for Electronic Dynamics
Author(s) -
Sansone Giuseppe
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.201000668
Subject(s) - neon , atomic orbital , atomic physics , electron , spectroscopy , electronic structure , dynamics (music) , countdown , physics , materials science , argon , quantum mechanics , astronomy , acoustics
The final countdown: In a recent experiment a time delay of 20 as between the electrons emitted from different orbitals of neon atoms was measured by means of laser spectroscopy (see picture). The existence of such a delay has important implications for our understanding of electron correlation and for our capability to characterize electronic dynamics on their natural timescale.
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