Zeptoseconds: new world record in short time measurement
Frankfurt, Germany (SPX) Oct 19, 2020
In 1999, the Egyptian chemist Ahmed Zewail received the Nobel Prize for measuring the speed at which molecules change their shape. He founded femtochemistry using ultrashort laser flashes: the formation and breakup of chemical bonds occurs in the realm of femtoseconds. A femtosecond equals 0.000000000000001 seconds, or 10 exp -15 seconds. Now atomic physicists at Goethe University in Profe
