Atomic and molecular beam methods Book

This is the second volume of an advanced handbook on experimental molecular beam methods. As a continuation of the first volume, which covered general beam techniques and molecular beam scattering, the second volume covers beam spectroscopy and surface scattering. Both volumes, together or separately, can be used both as a reference book in the laboratory and as a supplementary text in graduate courses in chemical dynamics, spectroscopy and gas-surface interactions. In the present volume, the section on spectroscopy deals mainly with beam-laser interactions, but Fourier transform methods are covered as well. While the section on surface scattering deals primarily with crystalline surfaces, a separate chapter presents material on disordered surfaces. The emphasis of the book is on experimental methods, including data analysis and calibrations. However, the theory underlying the most common measurements is also presented to allow for the understanding of the numerous examples provided. Topics such as sub-doppler spectroscopy, photodissociation, molecular beam-masers, inelastic and reactive gas-surface collisions and others are discussed in detail. The text continues the study begun in Volume One, which focused on general beam technology and gas-gas scattering.