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Image courtesy of Bartels lab, UC Riverside

Will a molecular horse stomp, step or slide on a surface?

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In the background is the structure of a krypton atom in the classical state where 36 electrons are arranged in a kind of shells. The researchers measured the oscillations in the quantum state (front, in pink) on the outside of an ionized krypton atom and the oscillations that cause the atom to move. Photo: Max Planck Institute

Viewing moving electrons in real time

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