edited by Wolfgang Domcke (Technical University of Munich, Germany) , David R Yarkony (John Hopkins University, USA) , & Horst Köppel (University of Heidelberg, Germany)

It is widely recognized nowadays that conical intersections of molecular potential-energy surfaces play a key mechanistic role in the spectroscopy of polyatomic molecules, photochemistry and chemical kinetics. This invaluable book presents a systematic exposition of the current state of knowledge about conical intersections, which has been elaborated in research papers scattered throughout the chemical physics literature.

Section I of the book provides a comprehensive analysis of the electronic-structure aspects of conical intersections. Section II shows the importance of conical intersections in chemical reaction dynamics and gives an overview of the computational techniques employed to describe the dynamics at conical intersections. Finally, Section III deals with the role of conical intersections in the fields of molecular spectroscopy and laser control of chemical reaction dynamics.

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• Fundamental Concepts and Electronic Structure Theory
• Conical Intersections in Photoinduced and Collisional Dynamics
• Detection and Control of Chemical Dynamics at Conical Intersections