This book appeals to physicists and physical chemists being active in atom, molecule and cluster physics. It deals with the physics of gas beams.

This book, together with its companion, Vol. 28 of this series, is the first to deal with the technical basics in the fast developing field of cluster physics Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt
1, Fast Beams, Production and Detection.- 2. Production and Diagnostics of Cluster Beams.- 3. Velocity Measurement and Selection.- 4. State Selection.- 5. Slow Atom Beams, Traps, and Atom Optics.- References.- Conversion Factors for Pressure and Energy Units.