Chemical Dynamics at Low Temperatures

Victor A. Benderskii, Dmitrii E. Makarov, Charles A. Wight0471585858, 9780471585855

The first unified treatment of experimental and theoretical advances in low-temperature chemistry Chemical Dynamics at Low Temperatures is a landmark publication. For the first time, the cumulative results of twenty years of experimental and theoretical research into low-temperature chemistry have been collected and presented in a unified treatment. The result is a text/reference that both offers an overview of the subject and contains sufficient detail to guide practicing researchers toward fertile ground for future research. Topics covered include:Developmental historyFormulation of general problems and the main approximations used to solve themSpecific features of tunneling chemical dynamicsOne-dimensional tunneling in the path integral formalismSpecial problems of two- and multidimensional tunnelingAn extended presentation of pertinent experimental results