Catching Conical Intersections in the Act: Monitoring Transient Electronic Coherences by Attosecond Stimulated X-Ray Raman Signals

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.193003

Title: Catching Conical Intersections in the Act: Monitoring Transient Electronic Coherences by Attosecond Stimulated X-Ray Raman Signals

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Authors:: Kowalewski, Markus; Bennett, Kochise; Dorfman, Konstantin E.; Mukamel, Shaul

Publication Date:: 2015-11-05

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1225244

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-04ER15571

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 115; Journal Issue: 19; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Kowalewski, Markus, Bennett, Kochise, Dorfman, Konstantin E., and Mukamel, Shaul. Catching Conical Intersections in the Act: Monitoring Transient Electronic Coherences by Attosecond Stimulated X-Ray Raman Signals.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
        Web.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.193003.

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                    Kowalewski, Markus, Bennett, Kochise, Dorfman, Konstantin E., & Mukamel, Shaul. Catching Conical Intersections in the Act: Monitoring Transient Electronic Coherences by Attosecond Stimulated X-Ray Raman Signals.  United States.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.193003.

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                    Kowalewski, Markus, Bennett, Kochise, Dorfman, Konstantin E., and Mukamel, Shaul. Thu .  
        "Catching Conical Intersections in the Act: Monitoring Transient Electronic Coherences by Attosecond Stimulated X-Ray Raman Signals".  United States.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.193003.

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  title        = {Catching Conical Intersections in the Act: Monitoring Transient Electronic Coherences by Attosecond Stimulated X-Ray Raman Signals},

  author       = {Kowalewski, Markus and Bennett, Kochise and Dorfman, Konstantin E. and Mukamel, Shaul},

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  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.193003},

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  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2015},

  month        = {11}

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