Generative Modeling Enables Molecular Structure Retrieval from Coulomb Explosion Imaging

arXiv:2511.00179v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Capturing the structural changes that molecules undergo during chemical reactions in real space and time is a long-standing dream and an essential prerequisite for understanding and ultimately controlling femtochemistry. A key approach to tackle this challenging task is Coulomb explosion imaging, which benefited decisively from recently emerging high-repetition-rate X-ray free-electron laser sources. With this technique, information on th