Contents
Part I
Fundamental Theory
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The Potential Energy Surface in Molecular Quantum Mechanics .
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Brian Sutcliffe and R. Guy Woolley
2
A Comment on the Question of Degeneracies in Quantum
Mechanics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Michal Svrˇ cek
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The Dirac Electron as a Massless Charge Spinning at Light Speed:
Implications on Some Basic Physical Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Jean Maruani
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Some Biochemical Reflections on Information and Communication
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Erkki J. Brändas
Part II Molecular Structure, Properties and Processes
5
Application of the Uniformly Charged Sphere Stabilization for
Calculating the Lowest 1 S Resonances of H − . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
S.O. Adamson, D.D. Kharlampidi, and A.I. Dementiev
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Charge Transfer Rate Constants in Ion-Atom and Ion-Molecule
Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
M.C. Bacchus-Montabonel
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Spin Torque and Zeta Force in Allene-Type Molecules . . . . . . . 131
Masahiro Fukuda, Masato Senami, and Akitomo Tachibana
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A Refined Quartic Potential Surface for S 0 Formaldehyde . . . . . 141
Svetoslav Rashev and David C. Moule
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Operator Perturbation Theory for Atomic Systems in a Strong
DC Electric Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Alexander V. Glushkov
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