Nature Communications (Jul 2021)
Ultrafast imaging of spontaneous symmetry breaking in a photoionized molecular system
- Min Li,
- Ming Zhang,
- Oriol Vendrell,
- Zhenning Guo,
- Qianru Zhu,
- Xiang Gao,
- Lushuai Cao,
- Keyu Guo,
- Qin-Qin Su,
- Wei Cao,
- Siqiang Luo,
- Jiaqing Yan,
- Yueming Zhou,
- Yunquan Liu,
- Zheng Li,
- Peixiang Lu
Affiliations
- Min Li
- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Ming Zhang
- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, School of Physics, Peking University
- Oriol Vendrell
- Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg
- Zhenning Guo
- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, School of Physics, Peking University
- Qianru Zhu
- MOE Key Laboratory of Fundamental Physical Quantities Measurement and Hubei Key Laboratory of Gravitation and Quantum Physics, PGMF and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Xiang Gao
- MOE Key Laboratory of Fundamental Physical Quantities Measurement and Hubei Key Laboratory of Gravitation and Quantum Physics, PGMF and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Lushuai Cao
- MOE Key Laboratory of Fundamental Physical Quantities Measurement and Hubei Key Laboratory of Gravitation and Quantum Physics, PGMF and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Keyu Guo
- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Qin-Qin Su
- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Wei Cao
- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Siqiang Luo
- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Jiaqing Yan
- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Yueming Zhou
- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Yunquan Liu
- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, School of Physics, Peking University
- Zheng Li
- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, School of Physics, Peking University
- Peixiang Lu
- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24309-z
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 6
Abstract
The Jahn-Teller effect is the spontaneous symmetry breaking of the molecular structure caused by the coupling of electrons and nuclei. Here the authors use ultrafast Coulomb explosion imaging to map the evolution of the fundamental symmetry lowering process in photoionized methane within around 20fs.
