Dynamics on Surfaces

The Seventeenth Jerusalem Symposium focused on dynamics on surfaces, a subject of interest in the areas of chemistry, physics and material sciences. The Symposium reflected the high standeds of these distinguished scientific meetings, which convene yearly at the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities to discuss a specific topic in the broad area of quantum chemistry and biochemistry. Molecule-surface dynamics constitutes a fast developing, current, research area. The main theme of the Symposium was built around a conceptual framework for the elucidation of the chemical and physical aspects of atomic and molecular scattering off surfaces, surface transport, surface reaction dynamics and radiative interactions on surfaces. The interdisciplinary nature of this research area was emphasized by intensive and extensive interactions between scientists from different disciplines and between theory and experiment. HeLd under the auspices of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the Hebrew University of JerusaLem, the Seventeenth JerusaLem Symposium was sponsored by the Institut de BioLogie Physico Chimique (Fondation Edmond de RothschiLd) of Paris. We wish to ex press our deep thanks to Baron Edmond de Rothschild for his continuous and generous support, which makes him a true partner in this important endeavour. We would aLso like to express our gratitude to the Admi nistrative Staff of the Israel Academy, and in particular to Mrs. AvigaiL Hyam, for the efficiency and exceLLency of the LocaL arrangements.

Proceedings of the Seventeenth Jerusalem Symposium on Quantum Chemistry and Biochemistry, Jerusalem, Israel, April 30-May 3, 1984

Theory of One-Phonon Assisted Adsorption and Desorption of He Atoms from A LiF(001) Single Crystal Surface.- Temperature Effects in Diffractive Atom-Surface Scattering : Perturbation Theory Formulae.- The Soft Potential in Resonant Atom-Surface Scattering.- The Diffraction of He, Ne and H2 from Copper Surfaces.- Probing Surface Vibrations by Molecular Beams : Experiment and Theory.- An Exact Theory of Inelastic Atom Surface Scattering the "Debye-Waller" Factor.- Dynamics and Kinetics on Surfaces Exhibiting Defects.- Magnetic Transitions in Heteronuclear and Homonuclear Molecule-Corrugated Surface Scattering.- Rainbows and Resonances in Molecule-Surface Scattering.- Energy Redistribution in Diatomic nolecules on Surfaces.- Laser Studies of Vibrational Energy Exchange in Gas-Solid Collisions.- Adsorption of Atomic Hydrogen on LiF Surfaces.- Thermodynamic Implications of Desorption from Crystal Surfaces.- Accommodation and Energy Transfer in Molecule Surface Scattering.- Alkali Atoms on Semiconductor Surfaces : The Dynamics of Desorption and of Surface Phase Transitions.- Some Recent Results in Surface Diffusion Studies by the Fluctuation Method.- On Energy Pathways in Surface Reactions.- Collision Induced Dissociation of Molecular Iodine on Single Crystal Surfaces.- Rotationally Inelastic Scattering of Nitrogen from Fe (111).- Dynamical Processes at Surfaces : Excitation of Electron-Hole Pairs and Phonons.- Probe-Hole FEM and TDS Studies of NO Adsorbed on Individual Tungsten Planes.- Surface Amplification of Photoionization Signal - A Probe for Adsorbed Molecules.- Valence and Core-Excitations of Adsorbates : Spectroscopy and Relaxation Dynamics.- Molecule-Surface Interactions Stimulated by Laser Radiation.- Desorption by Resonant Laser-Adsorbate VibrationalCoupling.- Charge Transfer Excitations in SERS : Comparative Study of Benzene, Pyridine and Pyrazine.- Cation-Induced Superequivalent Adsorption of C1 Ions : Temporal and Potential Evolution of SERS.- Raman Spectroscopy of thin Films on Semiconductors.- Raman Optical Activity of Molecules Adsorbed on Metal Surfaces.- Raman and Infrared Spectroscopy of Molecules Adsorbed on Metal Electrodes.- Electromagnetic Theory Calculations for Spheroids : An Accurate Study of the Particle Size Dependence of SERS and Hyper-Raman Enhancements.- Surface Arrangements on Multilayer Icosahedra.- Quantum Size Effects in the Electronic Properties of Small Semiconductor Crystallites.- Laser Spectroscopy of Li3 isolated in rare Gas Matrices, Comparison with other Metal Triatomics.- Electromagnetic Resonances in Systems of Small Metallic Particles and SERS.- Dynamics on Surfaces - Concluding Remarks.- Index of Subjects.