Ultrafast structural dynamics of photo-reactions observed by time-resolved x-ray cross-correlation analysis

Peter Vester1, Ivan A Zaluzhnyy, Ruslan P Kurta2

  • 1Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark.

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