Do the Twist (IMAGE)

ETH Zurich Department of Physics

Do the Twist

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An international team led by physicist Steven Johnson of ETH Zurich used femtosecond time-resolved X-ray diffraction experiments to uncover what happens what happens when an iron sample is quickly demagnetized upon being hit with a laser pulse.

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Gregory Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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