Imaging in Molecular Dynamics: Technology and Applications

by Edited by Benjamin J. Whitaker

• ISBN13: 9780521038324
• ISBN10: 0521038324
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-07-26
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Charged particle imaging has revolutionized experimental studies of photodissociation and bimolecular collisions. Written in a tutorial style by some of the key practitioners in the field, this book gives a comprehensive account of the technique and describes many of its applications. The book is split into two parts. Part I is intended as a series of tutorials. It explains the basic principles of the experiment and the numerical methods involved in interpreting experimental data. Part II describes a number of different applications. These chapters are more directly research oriented, the aim being to introduce the reader to the possibilities for future experiments. This comprehensive book will be of primary interest to researchers and graduate students working in chemical and molecular physics who require an overview of the subject as well as ideas for future experiments.

Table of Contents

List of contributors

Preface and acknowledgements Benjamin J. Whitaker

List of abbreviations

Technology

Charged particle imaging in chemical dynamics: an historical perspective

Velocity map imaging: applications in molecular dynamics and experimental aspects

Reconstruction methods

Orientation and alignment

Time resolved cameras

3-D imaging technique - observation of the three-dimensional product momentum distribution

Photoelectron and photoion imaging with femtosecond pump-probe time clocking

Applications

Kinematically complete imaging of molecular many-body fragmentation: coincident multi-particle detection and analysis

Collisions of HC1 with molecular colliders at

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