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The broad field of molecular collisions is one of considerable
current interest, one in which there is a great deal of research
activity, both experi mental and theoretical. This is probably
because elastic, inelastic, and reactive intermolecular collisions
are of central importance in many of the fundamental processes of
chemistry and physics. One small area of this field, namely
atom-molecule collisions, is now beginning to be "understood" from
first principles. Although the more general subject of the
collisions of polyatomic molecules is of great im portance and
intrinsic interest, it is still too complex from the viewpoint of
theoretical understanding. However, for atoms and simple molecules
the essential theory is well developed, and computational methods
are sufficiently advanced that calculations can now be favorably
compared with experimental results. This "coming together" of the
subject (and, incidentally, of physicists and chemists ), though
still in an early stage, signals that the time is ripe for an
appraisal and review of the theoretical basis of atom-molecule
collisions. It is especially important for the experimentalist in
the field to have a working knowledge of the theory and
computational methods required to describe the experimentally
observable behavior of the system. By now many of the alternative
theoretical approaches and computational procedures have been
tested and intercompared. More-or-Iess optimal methods for dealing
with each aspect are emerging. In many cases working equations,
even schematic algorithms, have been developed, with assumptions
and caveats delineated."
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