Attophysics

Short description: Physics on extremely short timescales, approximately 10^−18 second

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Attosecond science also known as attophysics is a branch of Atomic, molecular, and optical physics wherein attosecond (10−18 s) duration pulses of electrons or photons are used to probe dynamic processes in matter with unprecedented time resolution.[1] The majority of attoscience employs pump–probe methods.

One of the primary goals of attosecond science is to provide more insights into the dynamics of electrons in molecules.[2]

Today, attophysicists mostly study molecular phenomena, such as how a particular protein breaks down under X-ray bombardment.

## See also

* Anne L'Huillier
* Paul Corkum
* Maciej Lewenstein
* Ferenc Krausz
* High harmonic generation
* Femtochemistry
* Femtotechnology
* Ultrashort pulse

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Attoscience groups

* Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Munich
* Lund University
* ELI-ALPS Szeged
* Stanford University
* Politecnico Milano
* CEA Paris
* Max Born Institute, Berlin
* University of Freiburg
* JAS Lab Ottawa
* Imperial College London
* CFEL Hamburg
* ICFO Barcelona
* OSU Columbus
* ETH Zurich
* FORTH Heraklion
* Griffith University, Queensland
* Weizmann Institute of science, Tel Aviv
* RIKEN Tokyo
* Heidelberg
* University of Jena
* Riyadh

## References

* ^ P.H. Bucksbaum (2003). "Attophysics: Ultrafast Control". Nature 421 (6923): 593–594. doi:10.1038/421593a. PMID 12571581. Bibcode: 2003Natur.421..593B.
* ^ P. Agostini, L.F. DiMauro (2004). "The physics of attosecond light pulses". Reports on Progress in Physics 67 (6): 813–855. doi:10.1088/0034-4885/67/6/R01. Bibcode: 2004RPPh...67..813A.
* Stopping Time: What can you do in a billionth of a billionth of a second?

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Branches of physics

Divisions|

* Theoretical
* Phenomenology
* Computational
* Experimental
* Applied

Classical|

| Classical mechanics|

* Continuum
* Solid
* Fluid
* Acoustics

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Electrodynamics|

* Electrostatics
* Magnetostatics
* Plasma physics
* Accelerator physics

Statistical mechanics|

* Thermodynamics
* Condensed matter
* Materials
* Mesoscopic
* Polymers
* Soft
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Modern|

| Quantum mechanics|

* Quantum electrodynamics
* Quantum field theory
* Quantum gravity
* Quantum information

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Relativity|

* General
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Particle physics|

* Astroparticle
* Nuclear
* Quantum chromodynamics

Atomic, molecular
and optical physics|

* Atomic physics
* Molecular physics
* Optics
* Photonics
* Quantum optics

Cosmology|

* Astrophysics
* Nuclear
* Celestial mechanics
* Solar
* Heliophysics
* Space physics

Interdisciplinary|

* Biophysics
* Agrophysics
* Medical
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* Engineering
* Geophysics
* Atmospheric
* Cloud
* Materials science
* Mathematical physics
* Physical chemistry
* Chemical physics
* Physical oceanography
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* Social physics
* Econophysics

See also|

* History of physics
* Nobel Prize in Physics
* Timeline of physics discoveries
* Theory of everything

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