Structure and Dynamics of Electronic Excited States [electronic resource] / edited by Jaan Laane, Hiroaki Takahashi, Andre Bandrauk

New developments in laser technology and theoretical modeling has allowed physicists to control chemical reactions using lasers and to attain an understanding of the underlying photochemical reaction mechanism. The book gives an up-to-date presentation of this research area, covering time-resolved spectroscopy and the dynamical behavior of electronically excited states.