Abbreviations The abbreviations for the journal names are similar to those commonly employed internationally, as in Chemcial Abstracts. Some representative journals are listed below (some journals are divided in to a few parts, as designated by A, B, and so on, but such divisions are not included in the followin g list): Acc. Chem. Res. Accounts of Chemical Research* Acta Chem. Scand. Acta Chemica Scandinavia Appl. Phys. Applied Physics Appl. Phys. Lett. Applied Physics Letters Astron. Astrophys. Astronomy and Astrophysics* Astrophys. J. Astrophysical Journal* Astrophys. J. Suppl. Astrophysical Journal Supplement* Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan* Can. J. Chem. Canadian Journal of Chemistry Can. J. Phys. Canadian Journal of Physics* Chem. Commun. or J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun. The Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications Chem. Phys. Chemical Physics* Chem. Phys. Lett. Chemical Physics Letters* Chem. Rev. Chemical Reviews* Disc. Faraday Soc. Discussions of Faraday Society Faraday Disc. Faraday Discussions IEEE J. Quant. Elect. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics Inorg. Chem. Inorganic Chemistry Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics J. Am. Chem. Soc. Journal of American Chemical Society* J. Appl. Phys. Journal of Applied Physics J. Chem. Phys. The Journal of Chemical Physics* J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. The Journal of Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions J. Mol. Spectrosc. Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy* J. Mol. Struct. Journal of Molecular Structure* J. Opt. Soc. Am. Journal of the Optical Society of America J. Phys. or J. de Phys. Journal de Physique J. Phys. B: Atom. Mol. Phys. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics J. Phys. Chem. The Journal of Physical Chemistry* J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data* J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. Journal of Physical Society of Japan J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transf. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer Laser Chem. Laser Chemistry Mol. Phys. Molecular Physics* Nature Nature Nuovo Cim. Nuovo Cimento Opt. Commun. Optical Communications Opt. Lett. Optics Letters Opt. Spectrosc. Optics and Spectroscopy Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics* Physica Physica Phys. Rev. Physical Review* Phys. Rev. Lett. Phys. Rev. Lett.* Proc. Roy. Soc. London Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Science Science Spectrochim. Acta Spectrochimica Acta* Spectrosc. Lett. Spectroscopy Letters Trans. Faraday Soc. Transactions of the Faraday Society Z. Naturforsch. Zeitschrift fur Natureforschung* Z Physik Zeitschrift fur Physik * denotes the journal, which is currently being inspected for searching references. We have tried to avoid abbreviations as much as possible, exceptions being a few terms most wi dely accepted, some of which are listed below: DR: double resonance IR: infrared FIR: far-infrared FT: Fourier transform LIF: laser induced fluorescence MODR: microwave optical double resonance MW: microwave OODR: optical-optical double resonance REMPI: resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization ZEKE: zero electron kinetic energy