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Atom-Molecule Collision Theory (Physics of Atoms and Molecules): Richard B. Bernstein

The broad field of molecular collisions is one of considerable current interest, one in which there is a great deal of research activity, both experimental and theoretical. This is probably because elastic, inelastic, and reactive intermolecular collisions are of central importance in many of the fundamental processes of chemistry and physics.

One small area of this field, namely atom-molecule collisions, is now beginning to be "understood" from first principles. Although the more general subject of the collisions of polyatomic molecules is of great importance and intrinsic interest, it is still too complex from the viewpoint of theoretical understanding. However, for atoms and simple molecules the essential theory is well developed, and computational methods are sufficiently advanced that calculations can now be favorably compared with experimental results.

This "coming together" of the subject (and, incidentally, of physicists and chemists!), though still in an early stage, signals that the time is ripe for an appraisal and review of the theoretical basis of atom-molecule collisions. It is especially important for the experimentalist in the field to have a working knowledge of the theory and computational methods required to describe the experimentally observable behavior of the system. By now many of the alternative theoretical approaches and computational procedures have been tested and intercompared. More-or-less optimal methods for dealing with each aspect are emerging. In many cases working equations, even schematic algorithms, have been developed, with assumptions and caveats delineated.

Thus a book on atom-molecule collision theory would encourage the experimentalist in the field to make full use of the best available theoretical computational methods in the interpretation and analysis of the data and also in the design of new experiments.

The purpose, then, of this compendium is to serve as a state-of-the-art "handbook," a timely, practical reference work for the user of atom-molecule collision theory. It is indeed intended as A Guide for the Experimentalist.

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