Leading investigators offer the first comprehensive study of gas phase photoionization research in the VUV and soft X-ray regime since the massive employment of synchrotron radiation as a spectroscopic tool. Chapters cover all aspects of photoionization phenomena from total cross sections to highly differentiated measurements such as coincidence experiments and spin-resolved electron spectroscopy. This work is abundant with illustrations.

Zusammenfassung
**`A comprehensive and up-to-date overview...I strongly recommend this book.'
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 119(33), 1997**

Inhalt
Theory of Photoionization: VUV and Soft Xray Region; M.Ya. Amusia. Manyelectron Effects in Photoionization; M. Kutzner. Fundamental Aspects of Atomic Photoionization with High Brightness Light Sources; A.F. Starace, S.T. Manson. Core Relaxation Effects in Molecular Photoionization; J. Schirmer, et al. Partial Cross Sections and Angular Distributions; U. Becker, D.A. Shirley. High Resolution Electron Spectrometry of Atoms; M.O. Krause, C.D. Caldwell. Valence Ionization Processes in the VUV Region; J. Berkowitz, et al. Photoionpair Formation; J. Berkowitz. Electronic and Nuclear Relaxation of Core Excited Molecules; I. Nenner, P. Morin. Resonances and Nearthreshold Processes; G.C. King, K.H. Schartner. Resonant and Nonresonant Auger Recombination; H. Aksela, et al. Laserbased UV and VUV Spectroscopy of Doubly-excited Atoms; J.P. Connerade. Ion Yield Spectroscopy with Soft Xrays; T. Hayaishi, P. Zimmermann. Coincidence Measurements on Ions and Electrons; J.H.D. Eland, V. Schmidt. Spin Polarization in Photoionization; U. Heinzmann, N.A. Cherepkov. Photoionization of Excited and Ionized Systems; F.J. Wuilleumier, J.B. West. Photoionization of Oriented Systems and Circular Dichroism; G. Schönhense, J. Hormes. Index.