Decades-old mystery solved: X-ray techniques reveal sulfur hexafluoride dissociation dynamics

An international team of scientists has unveiled new insights into the dissociation dynamics of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) under high-energy X-ray excitation. The study, conducted using advanced synchrotron radiation techniques, sheds light on the formation of neutral sulfur atoms during the decay of deep core holes in SF6. The work is published in Physical Review Letters.