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Attosecond response of molecules to impulsive ionization

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Nature Physics, Published online: 20 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03360-x

Impulsive ionization initiates ultrafast electron motion in molecules, but its early dynamics remain difficult to probe. Now attosecond X-ray absorption spectroscopy has been used to track the response dynamics of ionized para-aminophenol.