Editing Attosecond (section)

== Common measurements ==

* 0.247 attoseconds: travel time of a [[photon]] across "the average bond length of molecular hydrogen"<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Grundmann |first1=Sven |last2=Trabert |first2=Daniel |last3=Fehre |first3=Kilian |last4=Strenger |first4=Nico |last5=Pier |first5=Andreas |last6=Kaiser |first6=Leon |last7=Kircher |first7=Max |last8=Weller |first8=Miriam |last9=Eckart |first9=Sebastian |last10=Schmidt |first10=Lothar Ph. H. |last11=Trinter |first11=Florian |last12=Jahnke |first12=Till |last13=Schöffler |first13=Markus S. |last14=Dörner |first14=Reinhard |date=2020-10-16 |title=Zeptosecond birth time delay in molecular photoionization |url=https://www.sciencemag.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/science.abb9318 |journal=Science |language=en |volume=370 |issue=6514 |pages=339–341 |doi=10.1126/science.abb9318 |pmid=33060359 |arxiv=2010.08298 |bibcode=2020Sci...370..339G |s2cid=222412229 |issn=0036-8075}}</ref>
* 24.189... attoseconds: the [[Atomic units|atomic unit]] of time<ref>{{Cite web |title=CODATA Value: atomic unit of time |url=https://physics.nist.gov/cgi-bin/cuu/Value?aut |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=physics.nist.gov}}</ref>
* 43 attoseconds: the shortest pulses of laser light yet created<ref>{{Cite web |title=Optica Publishing Group |url=https://opg.optica.org/oe/viewmedia.cfm?uri=oe-25-22-27506&html=true |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=opg.optica.org}}</ref>
* 53 attoseconds: the shortest electron laser pulse ever created <ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kim |first1=H. Y. |last2=Garg |first2=M. |last3=Mandal |first3=S. |last4=Seiffert |first4=L. |last5=Fennel |first5=T. |last6=Goulielmakis |first6=E. |date=January 2023 |title=Attosecond field emission |journal=Nature |language=en |volume=613 |issue=7945 |pages=662–666 |doi=10.1038/s41586-022-05577-1 |pmid=36697865 |issn=1476-4687|pmc=9876796 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-17 |title=Attosecond electron pulses are claimed as shortest ever |url=https://physicsworld.com/a/attosecond-electron-pulses-are-claimed-as-shortest-ever/ |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Physics World |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* 53 attoseconds: the second-shortest pulses of laser light created<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Li |first1=Jie |last2=Ren |first2=Xiaoming |last3=Yin |first3=Yanchun |last4=Zhao |first4=Kun |last5=Chew |first5=Andrew |last6=Cheng |first6=Yan |last7=Cunningham |first7=Eric |last8=Wang |first8=Yang |last9=Hu |first9=Shuyuan |last10=Wu |first10=Yi |last11=Chini |first11=Michael |last12=Chang |first12=Zenghu |date=2017-08-04 |title=53-attosecond X-ray pulses reach the carbon K-edge |journal=Nature Communications |language=en |volume=8 |issue=1 |page=186 |doi=10.1038/s41467-017-00321-0 |pmid=28775272 |pmc=5543167 |bibcode=2017NatCo...8..186L |issn=2041-1723}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Watching quantum mechanics in action: Researchers create world record laser pulse |url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120904150100.htm |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=ScienceDaily |language=en}}</ref>
* 82 attoseconds (approximately): [[half-life]] of [[beryllium-8]], maximum time available for the [[triple-alpha process]] for the synthesis of carbon and heavier elements in stars<ref>{{Citation |title=Beryllium-8 |date=2023-06-21 |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beryllium-8&oldid=1161298590 |work=Wikipedia |access-date=2023-10-24 |language=en}}</ref>
* 84 attoseconds: the approximate [[half-life]] of a [[Pion#Neutral pion decays|neutral pion]]
* 100 attoseconds: fastest-ever view of molecular motion<ref>{{Cite news |date=2006-03-04 |title=Fastest view of molecular motion |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4766842.stm |access-date=2023-10-24}}</ref>
* 320 attoseconds: the estimated time it takes [[Electron|electrons]] to transfer between atoms<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-05-11 |title=Electron timed hopping between atoms {{!}} New Scientist |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn7700-electron-timed-hopping-between-atoms/ |access-date=2023-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160511205529/https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn7700-electron-timed-hopping-between-atoms/ |archive-date=11 May 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Föhlisch |first1=A. |last2=Feulner |first2=P. |last3=Hennies |first3=F. |last4=Fink |first4=A. |last5=Menzel |first5=D. |last6=Sanchez-Portal |first6=D. |last7=Echenique |first7=P. M. |last8=Wurth |first8=W. |date=2005-07-01 |title=Direct observation of electron dynamics in the attosecond domain |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005Natur.436..373F |journal=Nature |volume=436 |issue=7049 |pages=373–376 |doi=10.1038/nature03833 |pmid=16034414 |bibcode=2005Natur.436..373F |s2cid=4411563 |issn=0028-0836}}</ref>