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Spatial imaging of the {H_2}^+ vibrational wave function at the quantum limit
- Source :
- Physical Review Letters, 108, 073202 (2012)
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- We experimentally obtained a direct image of the nuclear wave functions of {H_2}^+ by dissociating the molecule via electron attachment and determining the vibrational state using the COLTRIMS technique. Our experiment visualizes the nodal structure of different vibrational states. We compare our results to the widely used reflection approximation and to quantum simulations and discuss the limits of position measurements in molecules imposed by the uncertainty principle.<br />Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures
- Subjects :
- Physics - Atomic Physics
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- Physical Review Letters, 108, 073202 (2012)
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1202.3899
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.073202