Femtosecond x-ray measurements of inertial atomic-scale motion

ORAL

Abstract

Using a new source of femtosecond x-rays at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, we present new measurements of the first step in the ultrafast transition from solid to liquid. We show that the transition is predominantly inertial in character and point to analogies with intrinsic dynamics in the liquid state.

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Authors

  • Aaron Lindenberg

  • Kelly Gaffney

  • Jerry Hastings

    Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory

  • Jorgen Larsson

  • Ola Synnergren

    Lund Institute of Technology

  • Klaus Sokolowski-Tinten

    Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Jena

  • Jonathan Sheppard

    Oxford University

  • Christian Blome

    Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

  • Carl Caleman

    Uppsala University