This book gives a complete account of electron momentum spectroscopy to date. It describes in detail the construction of spectrometers and the acquisition and reduction of cross-section data, explaining the quantum theory of the reaction and giving experimental verification.

1. Introduction to Electron Momentum Spectroscopy.- 1.1. Electron Impact Ionization.- 1.2. Units.- 1.3. EMS Kinematics.- 1.4. The Relation between Coordinate and Momentum Space: The Hydrogen Atom and the Free Particle.- 1.5. The Ionization Cross Section.- 1.6. Semiclassical Picture of EMS.- 1.7. Quantum-Mechanical Description of EMS.- 2. Experimental Techniques.- 2.1. Electron Sources.- 2.2. Detection of Electrons.- 2.3. Electron Momentum Analyzers.- 2.4. Target Preparation.- 2.5. Coincidence Techniques.- 2.6. Multiparameter Data Acquisition and Reduction.- 3. Theory of Electron Momentum Spectroscopy.- 3.1. The Born-Oppenheimer Approximation.- 3.2. The Binary-Encounter Approximation.- 3.3. The Impulse Approximation.- 3.4. The Distorted-Wave Impulse Approximation.- 3.5. The Structure Amplitude.- 4. Outline of Structure Theory.- 4.1. Symmetry of a Molecular Orbital.- 4.2. The Hartree-Fock Method.- 4.3. Self-Consistent-Field Orbitals.- 4.4. Density-Functional Theory.- 4.5. Electron Band Theory of a Crystal.- 4.6. The Quasiparticle Equation.- 4.7. The Weak-Coupling Approximation.- 5. Atoms.- 5.1. Orbital Mapping.- 5.2. Relativistic Effects.- 5.3. Excited and Oriented Target States.- 5.4. Initial- and Final-State Correlations.- 6. Molecules.- 6.1. Momentum-Space Chemistry.- 6.2. Molecular Examples.- 6.3. Outer Valence Region.- 6.4. Inner Valence Region.- 6.5. Core States.- 6.6. Summary.- 7. Solids.- 7.1. The Flinders Experiments.- 7.2. Polycrystalline Aluminum.- 7.3. Aluminum Oxide.- 7.4. Crystalline Graphite.- 7.5. Silicon.- 7.6. Allotropes of Carbon.- 7.7. Copper.- 8. Comparison with Other Spectroscopies.- 8.1. Summary of EMS.- 8.2. Partially-Integrated Momentum Densities.- 8.3. Photoelectron Spectroscopy.- References.