Electronic and Ion Impact Phenomena

Vol 1 Collisions of Electrons with Atoms H S W Massey and E H S Burhop London: Oxford University Press 1969 pp xxvi + 664 price £10 Vol 2 Electron Collisions with Molecules–Photoionization H S W Massey London: Oxford University Press 1969 pp xxiv+ 1294 price £10 The first edition of this book has become a standard text in a field which has seen enormous growth in the past two decades. At the time of its publication in 1952 it was possible to claim that the book contained a fairly comprehensive account of the experimental and theoretical knowledge then available on the rates of collision processes which occur between electrons, ions and neutral atoms and molecules.