title: Probing thymine with laser ablation molecular beam Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy.
abstract: Laser ablation in combination with molecular beam Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy has been used to establish unambiguously the presence of the diketo form of thymine in the gas phase and to obtain its structure.
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Espectroscopía Molecular GEM, Departamento de Química Física y Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valladolid, E-47005 Valladolid, Spain.
authors.forename: Juan C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: M Isabel
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Peña
authors.forename: M Eugenia
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Sanz
authors.forename: José L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Alonso