LCLS Views Ring-shaped Gas Molecule Unraveling (VIDEO)

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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This video describes how the Linac Coherent Light Source, an X-ray free-electron laser at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, provided the first direct measurements of how a ring-shaped gas molecule unravels in the millionths of a billionth of a second after it is split open by light. The measurements were compiled in sequence to form the basis for computer animations showing molecular motion.

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