Desorption Induced by Electronic Transitions DIET I

1 Fundamental Excitations.- 1.1 Fundamental Excitations in Solids Pertinent to Desorption Induced by Electronic Transitions..- 1.2 An Analysis of Electronic Desorption.- 1.3 Direct and Indirect Mechanisms of Stimulated Desorption.- 2 Desorption Processes.- 2.1 Mechanisms of Electron-Stimulated Desorption.- 2.2 Mechanisms of Electronically Induced Desorption of Ions and Neutrals..- 2.3 Mechanisms of "Electronic" Desorption..- 2.4 Models for Desorption in Covalent Systems.- 2.5 The Role of the Excited State in DIET Electronic Structure and Evolution in Time..- 3 Desorption Spectroscopy.- 3.1 On the Nature of the ESD Active Species on Metal Surfaces.- 3.2 Photodesorption and Negative Ion ESD..- 3.3 The Determination of Molecular Structure at Surfaces Using Angle Resolved Electron- and Photon-Stimulated Desorption.- 3.4 Stimulated Desorption Spectroscopy.- 3.5 The Electronic Desorption of Excited Alkali Atoms from Alkali Halide Surfaces.- 4 Molecular Dissociation.- 4.1 Dissociation in Small Molecules.- 4.2 The Coulomb Explosion and Recent Methods for Studying Molecular Decomposition.- 5 Ion-Stimulated Desorption.- 5.1 Desorption Stimulated by Ion Impact.- 5.2 F+ Ejection from LiF Surfaces by Ion Bombardment.- 5.3 Similarities in the Relative Populations of Excited States Produced by Sputtering and by Electron Impact.- 5.4 Erosion of Dielectric Solids by High-Energy Ions.- 6 Electronic Erosion.- 6.1 Sputtering of Alkali Halides by Electrons.- 6.2 The Contribution of Electronic Processes in Sputtering.- 6.3 Mechanisms for Defect Creation in Alkali Halides.- 7 Condensed Gas Desorption.- 7.1 The Non-Linear Erosion Yield of Condensed Gas Solids Electronically Excited by Fast Light Ions.- 7.2 Desorption of Condensed Gases and Organic Molecules by Electronic Processes.- 7.3Photon-Stimulated Ion Desorption from Condensed Molecules: N2, CO, C2H2, CH3OH, N2O, D2O, and NH3.- 7.4 Electron-Stimulated Desorption from Condensed Branched Alkanes.- 7.5 PSD and ESD of Condensed Films: Relevance to the Mechanism of Ion Formation and Desorption.- Index of Contributors.