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Stripping atoms

Nature Photonics volume 6, page 874 (2012)Cite this article

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Researchers can now remove 36 electrons from a xenon atom using a pulse of high-energy photons from a free-electron laser. Nature Photonics spoke with Daniel Rolles to learn about the process and why the ionization is stronger than expected.

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Pile, D. Stripping atoms. Nature Photon 6, 874 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2012.304

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