How Molecular Footballs Burst in An X-Ray Laser Beam (IMAGE)

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

How Molecular Footballs Burst in An X-Ray Laser Beam

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Computer simulated evolution of a C60 molecule at 0, 60 and 240 femto seconds after the X-ray flash.

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Credit: DESY, Zoltan Jurek

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