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Title

Imaging the ring opening reaction of 1,3-cyclohexadiene with MeV ultrafast electron diffraction

Authors

Thomas J. A. Wolf, Stanford PULSE InstituteFollow
Jie Yang, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
David M. Sanchez, Stanford University
J. Pedro F. Nunes, University of YorkFollow
Robert M. Parrish, Stanford University
Xiaozhe Shen, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Martin Centurion, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Ryan Coffee, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
James P. Cryan, Stanford PULSE Institute
Markus Guhr, Universitat Potsdam
Kareem Hegazy, Stanford PULSE Institute
Adam Kirrander, The University of Edinburgh
Renkai. Li, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Jennifer Ruddock, Brown University
Theodore Veccione, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Stephen P. Weathersby, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Peter M. Weber, Brown University
Kyle Wilkin, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Hai-Wang Yong, Brown University
Qiang Zheng, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Todd J. Martinez, Stanford University
Xijie Wang, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Michael P. Minitti, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Date of this Version

2018

Citation

EPJ Web of Conferences 205, 07006 (2019)

Comments

© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences.

Open access

https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201920507006

Abstract

We resolve the structural dynamics of the ultrafast photoinduced ring opening reaction of 1,3-cyclohexadiene in space and time employing megaelectronvolt gas phase ultrafast electron diffraction. We, furthermore, observe coherent large amplitude motions of the photoproduct.