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I Basic Mechanisms and Theory.- New Theoretical Aspects in DIET.- Lifetimes of Excited Atoms near Surfaces.- Image-Screening of Positive Ions at Metal Surfaces, and Electronically Stimulated Desorption of Noble Gas Atoms.- Trajectory Calculations of Electron Stimulated Desorption of Positive and Negative Ions.- Excitation Lifetimes and Excited-State Forces in Chemisorbed Molecules.- II Photophysics and Photochemistry.- Surface Photochemistry.- Photon Stimulated Desorption of Fluorine from Silicon Etched by XeF2.- Substrate Mediated Photodissociation of NO2/N2O4 Adsorbed on Pd(111).- Photochemistry of Halogenated Molecules Adsorbed on Ag(111).- Photophysics and Photochemistry of NO on Ag(111), Cu(111), and Si(111)7×7.- Dissociative Desorption of CH3I by UV-Laser Radiation: Kinetic and Internal Energy of the Neutral Fragments.- Resonantly Enhanced Dissociation of Molecules into Excited Fragments Following Core-Level Excitation.- Resonances in Core-Level Shake-off Spectra of CO and N2 Adsorbed on Ni(100): Implications for Photon Stimulated Desorption.- III Laser-Induced Desorption.- Laser-Induced Desorption.- Desorption Stimulated by Collective Electron Excitation.- On the Mechanism of High-Yield Desorption.- Studies of Laser Sputtering of GaP by Means of Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy: Response of Clean Solid Surfaces to Photo-excitation.- Do Electronic Transitions Play a Role in Laser Etching? The Case of Cl2 on Si(100).- Intensity Dependence of Laser-Induced Emission of Particles from CaF2(111) near the Plasma Threshold.- Laser-Induced Ion Emission from Si and Ge Surfaces.- Adsorption and UV-Laser Desorption of NO/O/Ni(100).- IV Adsorbed Layers.- Electron Stimulated Desorption Ion Angular Distributions (ESDIAD) of Negative Ions.- Quantum-Resolved Stimulated Dissociation and Desorption of Chemisorbed Molecules.- VeloCity Distribution of Laser Photoionized Neutrals Ejected from Methanol-Dosed Aluminum(111) by Electron-Stimulated Desorption.- Desorption and Secondary Ion Production During Bombardment of CO/Ni(111) with Ne+ and Ne++ Ions at Very Low Impact Energies.- Electron Stimulated Desorption of Hydrogen from Si(111) Surfaces Adsorbed with Hydrogen and Alkali Atoms.- Resonant Desorption of Negative Ions from Adsorbed Layers Bombarded by Very Low Energy Electrons.- Resonant Desorption from Clean and Carbon-Covered Alkali Halide Surfaces: State-Specific Detection by REMPI.- Processes of Desorption and Desorption Cross Sections with Electrons at Silicon Surfaces.- V Condensed Gases.- Ejection of Argon Dimers from Solid Argon Films Electronically Excited by MeV He Ions.- Erosion of Pure and Alloyed Ices of Rare Gases and Small Molecules by Core Excitation.- Role of Valence Double Photoionization Processes in Ion Desorption from Condensed Gases.- Photon Stimulated Desorption of Excited Neutrals from the Surface of Solid Ar.- Electron-Stimulated O - Desorption from O2 Condensed on a Rare-Gas Film: Evidence for an Indirect "Bounce" Trajectory.- Lower Limits on the Absolute Dissociative Electron Attachment Cross Section from O2 Condensed on Rare-Gas Films.- A Comparative Study of Core-Induced Photon Stimulated Desorption and Electron-NEXAFS of Condensed H2O, NH3, and CH4.- VI Insulators.- Stimulated Desorption from Alkali Halides.- Hot Hole Diffusion in the Electron-Stimulated Desorption of Metal Atoms from Alkali Halides.- Different Processes for Desorption of Ground- and Excited-State Atoms Under Electron Bombardment of Alkali-Halides.- DIET of Neutral Excited State Hydrogen from Alkali Halide Surfaces.- Observation of Excitonic Effects in Excited Neutral Alkali Desorption from Alkali Halides.- Electron-Stimulated Desorption of Neutral Ground-State Lithium Atoms from LiF and the Influence of Stored Defects.- Molecular Cluster Calculations of the Electronic Structure of the (111) Surface of CaF2.- ESD of Multiply Charged Ions from SiO2: A Search for Mechanisms.- Positive Ion Desorption from MgO by Low Energy Electron Irradiation.- VII Gas Phase Processes.- Single Photon Multiple Photoionization of Gaseous CO, C6F6, and trans-l,2-C2H4BrI.- Electron Induced Vibrational Excitation of Gaseous Polyatomic Molecules: The NH3 Case.- VIII Applications and Related Processes.- Useful Macroscopic Phenomena due to Laser Ablation.- Electron Stimulated Desorption of Nuclear Spin Polarized Alkali-Metal Atoms.- Mechanisms of Laser Ablation of Biological Tissue.- Electron Damage of a CH3OH Layer Adsorbed on Nb(110).- Role of Core Levels' Ionization in the Electron Induced Dissociation of Silicon Dioxide.- DIET in High-Temperature Superconductors.- A Study of the Initial Adsorption Processes of Oxygen on the Ti(1010) Surface by TOF-Type Electron Stimulated Desorption.- Index of Contributors.