Contributions to the ecology of halophytes

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Opening Address: Scientific Objective of the NATO Advanced Study Institute....Pages 1-3
Current Trends in Research and Development in the U.S.....Pages 5-21
Technology Trends and Research Requirements Involving Fast Energetic Processes....Pages 23-32
Fast Molecular Processes and Suggested Research Directions for Energetic Materials....Pages 33-45
Reaction Rates Including Fast Reactions in Energetic Systems....Pages 47-54
Picosecond Reaction Kinetics....Pages 55-94
Fast Reaction Studies of Organic Ions in Solution....Pages 95-109
Some Aspects of Gas Phase Ion Chemistry....Pages 111-124
Activation and Deactivation of Vibrationally Highly Excited States....Pages 125-139
Some New Applications of Kinetic Spectroscopy in Shock Waves....Pages 141-152
Fundamental Aspects of Free-Radical Reactivity and Chain Reactions....Pages 153-169
Thermal Explosion Fundamentals — Unification of Thermal and Chain-Branching Theories of Reaction and Ignition — Thermokinetic Interpretation Of Hydrocarbon Oxidation....Pages 171-191
Combustion Reaction Mechanisms from Ignition Delay Times....Pages 193-218
Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering....Pages 219-243
Gasdynamic Effects of Fast Exothermic Reactions....Pages 245-313
Fast Reactions in Dispersed Heterogeneous Energetic Systems....Pages 315-378
Some Factors Influencing the Transition from Deflagration to Detonation....Pages 379-400
Energetic Nitroaromatic Transients and Their Role in Controlling the Sensitivity of Explosives....Pages 401-418
High Power Picosecond Photolysis of Simple Organic Molecular Gases....Pages 419-431
An Observation of Collision-Free, Intramolecular Vibrational Redistribution in S 1 p -Fluorotoluene....Pages 433-443
Vibrational Relaxation in Molecular Liquids....Pages 445-459
Coupling of Molecular to Lattice Vibrational Modes in Energetic Solids: Raman Spectroscopic Studies....Pages 461-471
Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy in Propellant Flames....Pages 473-484
Temperature Measurements of Shocked Energetic Materials by Time-Resolved Infrared Radiometry....Pages 485-502
Measurement of Ignition Kinetics in Liquids Under Pressure....Pages 503-514
Decreasing Progression of the Decomposition Rate of Explosive Substances at High Temperatures....Pages 515-521
Laserpyrolysis of High Energetic Materials....Pages 523-530
Model of the Kinetics of High Temperature Free Radical Reactions....Pages 531-539
Quantum Mechanical Tunneling in Free Radical Reactions....Pages 541-551
Studies on Some Trifluoromethyl Nitroxide Radicals by EPR Spectroscopy....Pages 553-559
Experimental Ion-Molecule Dynamics Including Reactions Involving Excited States....Pages 561-568
Reliable Ab Initio Quantum Chemical Calculations for Energetic Species....Pages 569-609
The Study of Fast Shock-Induced Dissociation by Computer Molecular Dynamics....Pages 611-643
Studies of Fast Reactions in Detonations....Pages 645-657
Resonance Fluorescence of Atoms at High Photon Densities....Pages 659-683
High Density Excitation Calculations in Molecular Solids: A Monte Carlo Study....Pages 685-693
A Reaction Mechanism in the Shock Initiation of Detonation. A Theoretical Study....Pages 695-710
Discussions on Research Trends and Needs....Pages 711-742
Back Matter....Pages 743-759