Unimolecular Reaction Dynamics

"The authors bring complementary expertise to this book. . .Both experiments and theory are treated with considerable depth. . . .From start to finish this book is excellent. . . .Anyone working in this field or in related fields will want to own this book."--Journal of the American Chemical Society"The authors are to be congratulated and thanked for a timely and important contribution to the textbook literature in the field of unimolecular reactions. They have produced a remarkably balanced and integrated account of both experiment and theory, which is already becoming a standard reference for workers in the field." --Journal of Chemical Education"The authors bring complementary expertise to this book. . .Both experiments and theory are treated with considerable depth. . . .From start to finish this book is excellent. . . .Anyone working in this field or in related fields will want to own this book."--Journal of the American Chemical Society"The authors are to be congratulated and thanked for a timely and important contribution to the textbook literature in the field of unimolecular reactions. They have produced a remarkably balanced and integrated account of both experiment and theory, which is already becoming a standard reference for workers in the field." --Journal of Chemical Education

• 1. Introduction ; 2. Vibrational/Rotational Energy Levels ; 3. Potential Energy Surfaces ; 4. State Preparation and Intramolecular Vibrational Energy Redistribution ; 5. Experimental Methods in Unimolecular Dissociation Studies ; 6. Theory of Unimolecular Decomposition - The Statistical Approach ; 8. Dynamical Approaches ; 9. Product Energy Distributions ; 10. The Dissociation fo Small and Large Clusters ; Appendix