The Jahn-Teller effect continues to be a paradigm for structural instabilities and dynamical processes in molecules and in the condensed phase. Among the many important newer developments in the field one should mention cooperative phenomena in crystals, the general importance of pseudo-Jahn-Teller couplings for symmetry-lowering phenomena in molecular systems, non-adiabatic processes at conical intersections of potential energy surfaces and extensions of the basic theory in relation to the discovery of fullerenes and other icosahedral systems.
Written by leading international experts the aim of the present volume is to provide a survey of the state-of-the art in Jahn-Teller interactions at the interface of quantum chemistry and condensed matter physics, addressing both the non-expert scientist as well as those experts interested in expanding their knowledge into neighboring areas.
Cast in form of a set of extensive and tutorial reviews – and thus suitable as a complement to available textbooks in the field – the following topics are dealt with in this book:
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Professor Heinz Barentzen
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Professor A.W. Castleman, Jr. Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University 152 Davey Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Professor J.P. Toennies Max-Planck-Institut f¨ur Str¨omungsforschung Bunsenstrasse 10, 37073 G¨ottingen, Germany
Professor K. Yamanouchi University of Tokyo, Department of Chemistry Hongo 7-3-1, 113-0033 Tokyo, Japan
Professor W. Zinth Universit¨at M¨unchen, Institut f¨ur Medizinische Optik ¨ Ottingerstr. 67, 80538 M¨unchen, Germany
ISSN 0172-6218 ISBN 978-3-642-03431-2 e-ISBN 978-3-642-03432-9 DOI 10.1007/97