Preface; CONTENTS; Introduction; Structure and Properties of Atomic Clusters; Photoabsorption and Photoionization of Clusters; Fission and Fusion Dynamics of Clusters; Electron Scattering on Clusters; Clusters in Laser Fields; Ion-Cluster Collisions; Clusters on a Surface; LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Summary
This comprehensive volume surveys the general aspects of atomiccluster science and outlines some of its important new challenges. Itbegins by detailing the recent advances in the understanding ofstructure and the essential properties of selected atomic clustersystems, fullerenes and confined atoms