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Overview of Non-Reactive Scattering

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Non-reactive molecular scattering has been periodically reviewed from different points of view. Two volumes edited by Miller1 contain detailed chapters on theoretical approaches to the dynamics of molecular collisions. An encyclopedic theoretical guide to the experimentalist on atom-molecule collisions has recently been edited by Bernstein.2 Two reviews, by Dickinson3 and by DePriso and Rabitz,4 emphasize research areas developed by these authors. A monograph by Gianturco5 covers theoretical methods for both atomic and molecular collisions. Several contributions on inelastic collisions relating to chemical kinetics may be found in two issues of the Journal of Physical Chemistry,6,7 and also in the proceedings of a subsymposium on molecular collisions and electron scattering. Experimental work closely related to theoretical studies has been covered in reviews by Faubel and Toennies,9 by Bernstein,10 by Gentry,11 and most recently by Loesch.12

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