Ultrafast imaging of spontaneous symmetry breaking in a photoionized molecular system

Autor: Min Li, Ming Zhang, Oriol Vendrell, Zhenning Guo, Qianru Zhu, Xiang Gao, Lushuai Cao, Keyu Guo, Qin-Qin Su, Wei Cao, Siqiang Luo, Jiaqing Yan, Yueming Zhou, Yunquan Liu, Zheng Li, Peixiang Lu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24309-z
Popis: The Jahn-Teller effect is the spontaneous symmetry breaking of the molecular structure caused by the coupling of electrons and nuclei. Here the authors use ultrafast Coulomb explosion imaging to map the evolution of the fundamental symmetry lowering process in photoionized methane within around 20fs.
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