Linking the Gaseous and Condensed Phases of Matter

1. Front Matter

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2. Interactions of Slow Electrons as a Function of State

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Linking the Gaseous and the Condensed Phases of Matter: The Slow Electron and Its Interactions

      • Loucas G. Christophorou

      Pages 3-30

   3. Comparisons Between Low-Energy Electron Scattering from Gaseous and Condensed-Phase Atoms and Molecules

      • Léon Sanche

      Pages 31-48

   4. Anion Formation in Low Energy Electron Impact to Gaseous and Condensed Molecules

      • Eugen Illenberger

      Pages 49-72

3. Ionization in Dilute and in Condensed Matter

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Ionization of Atoms or Molecules by Radiation as a Function of Phase

      • Werner F. Schmidt

      Pages 75-89

   3. High Energy Ionization in Liquids — The Free Ion Yield

      • Richard Holroyd

      Pages 91-101

   4. Photo- and Penning Ionization of Molecules in the Gas Phase and in the Liquid Phase

      • Harald Morgner

      Pages 103-119

   5. Positron and Positronium Annihilation in Gases and Liquids

      • Alexei G. Khrapak

      Pages 121-140

   6. Self Trapping of Light Particles in Fluids: The Path Integral Approach

      • Bruce N. Miller, Jiqiang Chen, Terrence Reese, Gregory Worrell

      Pages 141-148

4. Elementary Processes Induced in Clusters by Electrons and Photons

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149

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   2. Clusters: An Introduction

      • Eugen Illenberger

      Pages 151-153

   3. Mechanisms and Kinetics of Electron Impact Ionization of Atoms, Molecules, and Clusters

      • Tilmann D. Märk

      Pages 155-182

   4. Photofragmentation as a Probe of Electron Thermalization in Size-Selected Cluster Anions

      • David J. Lavrich, Paul J. Campagnola, Mark A. Johnson

      Pages 183-202

   5. Multiphoton Ionization Studies of Van der Waals Molecules and Clusters1

      • John C. Miller

      Pages 203-216

   6. Core Level Excitation in Free Clusters: NEXAFS, EXAFS, and Coulomb Explosion

      • J. Geiger, S. Rabe, C. Heinzel, H. Baumgärtel, E. Rühl

      Pages 217-222

   7. Reaction in the NO2-C2H4 Van der Waals Complex

      • J. C. Loison, C. Dedonder-Lardeux, C. Jouvet, D. Solgadi

      Pages 223-230

   8. Phase Transitions in Clusters: A Bridge to Condensed Matter

      • R. Stephen Berry

      Pages 231-249

   9. Exploring Potential Surface Landscapes and How they Govern Dynamics

      • R. Stephen Berry

      Pages 251-256

The Advanced Study Institute (ASI) on "Linking the Gaseous and Condensed Phases of Matter: The Behavior of Slow Electrons" was held at Patras, Greece, September 5-18, 1993. The organizers of the Patras ASI felt that the study of the electronic properties of matter in various states of aggregation has advanced to a point where further progress required the interfacing of the phases of matter in order to find out and to understand how the microscopic and macroscopic properties of materials and processes change as we go from low pressure gas to the condensed phase. This approach is of foremost significance both from the point of view of basic research and of applications. Linking the electronic properties of the gaseous and condensed phases of matter is a fascinating new frontier of science embracing scientists not only from physics and chemistry but also from the life sciences and engineering. The Patras ASI brought together some of the world's foremost experts who work in the field of electronic properties of molecular gases, clusters, liquids, and solids. The thirty five lectures given at the meeting as well as the twenty nine poster papers presented and the formal and informal discussions that took place focused largely on the behavior of slow electrons in matter.

• Phase
• cluster
• electrons
• material
• molecule

• Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, USA

  Loucas G. Christophorou

• University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA

  Loucas G. Christophorou

• Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany

  Eugen Illenberger

• Hahn-Meitner Institüt, Berlin, Germany

  Werner F. Schmidt

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