Fundamentals and Applications of Gas Phase Ion Chemistry - NATO Science Series C 1999 edition

Marc Notes: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Fundamentals and Applications of Gas Phase Ion Chemistry Chemistry, Grainau, Germany, 7-18 August 1995--T.p. verso.; Includes bibliographical references and index.; Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division.. Table of Contents: Preface. Intermediates in Ionic Gas Phase Organic Reactions: I. Weakly Bonded Species; H. E. Audier, et al. Intermediates in Ionic Gas Phase Organic Reactions: II. Distonic Ions; H. E. Audier, et al. Collisions of Ions with Surfaces; R. G. Cooks, S. A. Miller. Coupling of Liquid Chromatography to Mass Spectrometry: Twenty-Five Years of Exciting Developments; E. L. Esmans. Mass Spectrometry in the Structure Determination of Long-Chain Fatty Acid Derivatives; M. Claeys, et al. Mass Spectrometry in Studies of Flavonoid Glycosides; M. Claeys. Carbohydrate Mass Spectrometry. A Characterization of Sequence, Linkage and Branching Using ES-MS and CID; V. N. Reinhold, B. B. Reinhold. Direct and Indirect Analysis of Synthetic Polymers Using Mass Spectrometry; J. H. Scrivens, A. T. Jackson. Theory of Gas Phase Ion Chemistry: Energetics, Kinetics and Dynamics of Unimolecular and Bimolecular Reactions of Polyatomic Ions; E. Uggerud. Ion Reactions of State-Selected Species: Dissociation of Cluster Ions Prepared by Mass Seelcted Pulsed Field Threshold Ionisation; H. J. Neusser, T. L. Grebner. Fundamentals of Negative Ion Photoelectron Spectroscopy; C. E. H. Dessent, M. A. Johnson. Methyl Internal Rotation in Substituted Toluenes. Effects of Substituents, Electronic Excitation, and Ionization; K.-T. Lu, et al. Ion Molecule Reactions and Radiation Chemistry; M. Speranza. Techniques for the Preparation and Study of Cluster Ions; A. J. Stace. Reaction Mechanisms: Discussion Summary; H.-F. Grutzmacher. Workshop on Bioanalytical Applications of Gas-Phase Ion Chemistry; N. M. M. Nibbering. Workshop on The Applications of Quantum Mechanical Methods in Gas Phase Ion Chemistry'; J. Hrusak. Summary of the Workshop on Fundamentals and Applications in Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry; R. M. A. Heeren. Fundamentals of Gas Phase Ion Chemistry: Summary of the Panel Discussion; T. B. McMahon. Metal Ion Chemistry Workshop: Discussion Summary; P. A. M. van Koppen. Workshop of Collision-Induced Decomposition of Ions; K. R. Jennings. Index."Publisher Marketing: Ion chemistry and physics, primarily in the gas phase, underpins all types of mass spectrometry. An understanding of the principles underlying the production, reactions, separation and detection of ions is therefore essential to the effective application of mass spectrometry. The technique continues to be most versatile, providing fundamental information on ions in the gas phase, on surfaces, in clusters, and also finding increasingly widespread use in the chemical, pharmaceutical and biotechnological industries. This text draws together leading workers in the fields of mass spectrometry and gas phase ion chemistry, providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and information. In addition to the 14 lecture summaries, the book also contains accounts of seven workshops with contributions from many groups in Europe and North America.

Contributor Bio:  North Atlantic Treaty Organization Dedication. Preface. Acknowledgments. Clifford Geometric Algebras in Multilinear Algebra and Non-Euclidean Geometries.- Geometric algebra Projective Geometries; Affine and other geometries; Affine Geometry of pseudo-euclidean space; Conformal Geometry and the Horosphere; References. Content-Based Information Retrieval by Group Theoretical Methods.- Introduction; Motivating Examples; General Concept; Fault Tolerance.- Applications, Prototypes, and Test Results; Related Work and Future Research; References.- Four Problems in Radar.-Introduction; Radar Fundamentals; Radar Waveforms; Signal Processing; Space-Time Adaptive Processing; Four Problems in Radar; Conclusions. Introduction to Generalized Classical and Quantum Signal and System Theories on Groups and Hypergroups.-Generalized classical signal/system theory on hypergroups; Generalized quantum signal/system theory on hypergroups; Conclusion; References. Lie Groups and Lie Algebras in Robotics.- Introduction -- Rigid Body Motions; Lie Groups; Finite Screw Motions; Mechanical Joints; Invisible Motion and Gripping; Forward Kinematics; Lie Algebra; The Adjoint Representation; The Exponential Map Derivatives of Exponentials; Jacobians; Concluding Remarks; References. Quantum/Classical Interface: a Geometric Approach from the Classical Side.- Introduction Paravector Space as Spacetime; Eigenspinors; Spin; Dirac Equation; Bell's Theorem; Qubits and Entanglement; Conclusions; References. PONS, Reed-Muller Codes, and Group Algebras.- Introduction; Analytic Theory of One-Dimensional PONS (Welti); Shapiro Sequences, Reed-Muller Codes, and Functional Equations; Group Algebras; Reformulation of Classical PONS; Group Algebra of Classical PONS; GroupAlgebra Convolution; Splitting Sequences; Historical Appendix on PONS; References. Clifford Algebras as a Unified Language.- Introduction; Clifford algebras as models of physical spaces; Clifford Algebras as Models of Perceptual Multicolor Spaces; Hypercomplex-Valued invariants of nD multicolor images; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References. Recent Progress and Applications in Group FFTs.-Introduction; Finite group FFTs; FFTs for compact groups; Noncompact groups; References. Group Filters and Image Processing.- Introduction: Classical Digital Signal Processing; Abelian Group DSP; Nonabelian Groups; Examples; Group Transforms; Group Filters; Line-like Images; Acknowledgments; References. A Geometric Algebra Approach to Some Problems of Robot Vision.- Introduction; Local Analysis of Multi-dimensional Signals; Knowledge Based Neural Computing; Acknowledgments; References. Group Theory in Radar and Signal Processing.- Introduction; How a Radar Works; Representations; Representations and Radar; Ambiguity Functions; The Wide Band Case; References. Geometry of Paravector Space with Applications to Relativistic Physics.- Clifford Algebras in Physics; Paravector Space as Spacetime; Interpretation; Eigenspinors; Maxwell's Equation; Conclusions; References. A Unified Approach to Fourier-Clifford-Prometheus Transforms- Introduction; New construction of classical and multiparametric Prometheus transforms; PONS associated with Abelian groups; Fast Fourier-Prometheus Transforms; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References. Fast Color Wavelet Transforms.- Introduction; Color images; Color Wavelet-Haar-Prometheus transforms; Edge detection and compression of color images; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References. Selected Problems; Various Authors.- Transformations of Euclidean Space and Clifford Geometric; Algebra; References; On the Distribution of Kloosterman Sums on Polynomials over Quaternions; References; Harmonic Sliding Analysis Problems; References; Spectral Analysis under Conditions of Uncertainty; A Canonical Basis for Maximal Tori of the Reductive Centrizer of a Nilpotent Element; References; 6 The Quantum Chaos Conjecture References; Four Problems in Radar; Topic Index; Author Index