Dissociation dynamics of the diamondoid adamantane upon photoionization by XUV femtosecond pulses

@article{Maclot2020DissociationDO,
  title={Dissociation dynamics of the diamondoid adamantane upon photoionization by XUV femtosecond pulses},
  author={Sylvain Maclot and Jan Lahl and Jasper Peschel and Hampus Wikmark and Piotr Rudawski and Fabian Brunner and H{\'e}l{\`e}ne Coudert-Alteirac and Suvasthika Indrajith and Bernd A. Huber and Sergio D{\'i}az-Tendero and N{\'e}stor F. Aguirre and Patrick Rousseau and Per Johnsson},
  journal={Scientific Reports},
  year={2020},
  volume={10}
}
This work presents a photodissociation study of the diamondoid adamantane using extreme ultraviolet femtosecond pulses. The fragmentation dynamics of the dication is unraveled by the use of advanced ion and electron spectroscopy giving access to the dissociation channels as well as their energetics. To get insight into the fragmentation dynamics, we use a theoretical approach combining potential energy surface determination, statistical fragmentation methods and molecular dynamics simulations… 
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