title: Ultraintense x-ray induced ionization, dissociation, and frustrated absorption in molecular nitrogen.
abstract: Sequential multiple photoionization of the prototypical molecule N2 is studied with femtosecond time resolution using the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS). A detailed picture of intense x-ray induced ionization and dissociation dynamics is revealed, including a molecular mechanism of frustrated absorption that suppresses the formation of high charge states at short pulse durations. The inverse scaling of the average target charge state with x-ray peak brightness has possible implications for single-pulse imaging applications.
authors.affiliation: Western Michigan University Physics Department, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008, USA.
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