Unpeeling atoms and molecules from the inside out
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 12:42
in Physics & Chemistry
The first published scientific results from the world's most powerful hard X-ray laser, located at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, show its unique ability to control the behaviors of individual electrons within simple atoms and molecules by stripping them away, one by one -in some cases creating hollow atoms.