Structure and Dynamics of Electronic Excited States

The book gives a status report on contemporary time-resolved spectroscopy and the dynamical behaviour of electronically excited states. The goal of controlling chemical reactions using lasers and reaching basic understanding of photochemical reaction mechanism has been reached by new developments in laser technology and theoretical modeling. This symposium text brings together contributions from scientists concentrating on different aspects of the excited state structure/dynamics relationship.
TOC: Laser Control of Electrons in Molecules.- Solvation of Radicals in Small Clusters.- Coherent Control of Molecular Dynamics.- Excited State Dynamics.- Coherent Control of Unimolecular Reaction Dynamics.- Photodissiciation Dynamics of Chlorinated Benzene Derivatives.- Ultrafast Relaxation and Nonlinear Localized Excitations.- Vibrational Potential Energy Surfaces.- Electronic Spectroscopy of Molecules.- Superexcited States of Diatomic Molecules.- Electronically Excited Diphenylacetylene.-