Ultrafast isomerization in acetylene dication after carbon K-shell ionization

oleh: Zheng Li, Ludger Inhester, Chelsea Liekhus-Schmaltz, Basile F. E. Curchod, James W. Snyder, Nikita Medvedev, James Cryan, Timur Osipov, Stefan Pabst, Oriol Vendrell, Phil Bucksbaum, Todd J. Martinez

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2017-09-01

Deskripsi

The timescale of isomerization in molecules involving ultrafast migration of constituent atoms is difficult to measure. Here the authors report that sub-100 fs isomerization time on acetylene dication in lower electronic states is not possible and point to misinterpretation of recent experimental results.