Contact Prof. Dr. Lorenz Cederbaum Institute for Physical Chemistry Phone +49 6221 54-5211 Communications and Marketing Press Office Phone +49 6221 54-2311   Original publication V. Stumpf, K. Gokhberg und L.S. Cederbaum: The role of metal ions in X-ray-induced photochemistry. Nature Chemistry 8, 237-241 (2016),   Further Information   |  >  > Mechanism for Radiation Damage Identified Press Release No. 32/2016 9 March 2016 Heidelberg scientists examine electronic decay processes with the aid of quantum chemistry Copyright: adapted from Stumpf et al. in Nature Chemistry 8, 237 (2016) The absorption of a single x-ray photon leads initially to the emergence of a positive quadruply charged magnesium ion. This ion returns to its original state in a succession of intermolecular decay processes
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