Measuring the photoelectron emission delay in the molecular frame
J. RistKim KlyssekNikolay M. NovikovskiyM. KircherIsabel Vela-PerézD. TrabertSven GrundmannDimitrios TsitsonisJ. SiebertA. GeyerN. MelzerChristian SchwarzN. AndersLeon KaiserK. FehreAlexander HartungS. EckartLothar SchmidtM. S. SchöfflerV. T. DavisJoshua WilliamsFlorian TrinterR. DörnerPhilipp V. DemekhinT. Jahnke
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