Atom, Molecule, and Cluster Beams I

This book presents a consistent, up-to-date description of the extremely manifold and varied experimental techniques which nowadays enable work with neutral particles. It lays the physical foundations of the various experimental techniques, which utilize methods from most fields in physics. Hence this book is intended not only as a reference standard for researchers, but also as a textbook to enable students to gain a solid background and introduction to the field and its techniques.