Cartoon of fluctuating alcohol molecules around a solvated electron (VIDEO)

Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI)

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Movie. Left panel: Cartoon of fluctuating alcohol molecules around a solvated electron (green ball) performing concerted polaronic charge-density oscillations (hydrogen atoms in red, remaining molecule in blue) Right panel: after spatial averaging of the microscopic electric charge density one easily recognizes the collective spherical charge-density oscillations. The latter experience almost no damping for tens of picoseconds.

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