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Understanding how multiple electrons move under strong laser exposure remains difficult because a complete quantum mechanical treatment is still out of reach for such complex systems.

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In photochemistry, light energizes the catalyst, and the excited catalyst must encounter another molecule through diffusion in order to pass along an electron.

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Sources that produce cosmic rays are powerful enough to propel protons or electrons to energies far beyond what the most advanced human-made particle accelerators can reach.

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When two photons strike the particle at the same moment and are absorbed together, they can remove a single electron.

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The researchers measured the speed of soundwaves traveling through the treated quartz, then opened the cylinders and examined the samples using electron microscopy.

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