Mats Larsson is a professor and experimentalist in the physics department at Stockholm University. He obtained his PhD in physics in the Research Institute of Physics and Stockholm University. His research interests include primary chemical reactions, interstellar chemistry and molecular spectroscopy. He was a member of the Physics and Mathematics Committee of the Swedish Natural Science Research Council from 1989 to 1995. He was made chair of the Research Committee of the Swedish National Space Board in 2001 and was also chair of the Evaluation Committee for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Fusion Research and Plasma Physics of the Swedish Research Council from 2001 to 2003. Ann E. Orel is a professor and Chair in the department of applied sciences at the University of California, Davis. She obtained her PhD in Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley and was made a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2000. Her research interests include theoretical atomic and molecular physics and computational science.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Experimental methods; 3. Theoretical methods; 4. The H2+molecule; 5. Diatomic hydride ions; 6. Diatomic ions; 7. The H3+ molecule; 8. Polyatomic ions; 9. Related processes; 10. Applications.

Review of the hardback: 'The authors display in-depth knowledge of the subject and have accomplished a definitive critical review of the theories, experiments and applications of DR reactions of molecular ions with electrons.' Materials World

Mats Larsson is a professor and experimentalist in the physics department at Stockholm University. He obtained his PhD in physics in the Research Institute of Physics and Stockholm University. His research interests include primary chemical reactions, interstellar chemistry and molecular spectroscopy. He was a member of the Physics and Mathematics Committee of the Swedish Natural Science Research Council from 1989 to 1995. He was made chair of the Research Committee of the Swedish National Space Board in 2001 and was also chair of the Evaluation Committee for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Fusion Research and Plasma Physics of the Swedish Research Council from 2001 to 2003. Ann E. Orel is a professor and Chair in the department of applied sciences at the University of California, Davis. She obtained her PhD in Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley and was made a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2000. Her research interests include theoretical atomic and molecular physics and computational science.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Experimental methods; 3. Theoretical methods; 4. The H2+molecule; 5. Diatomic hydride ions; 6. Diatomic ions; 7. The H3+ molecule; 8. Polyatomic ions; 9. Related processes; 10. Applications.

Review of the hardback: 'The authors display in-depth knowledge of the subject and have accomplished a definitive critical review of the theories, experiments and applications of DR reactions of molecular ions with electrons.' Materials World

Mats Larsson is a professor and experimentalist in the physics department at Stockholm University. He obtained his PhD in physics in the Research Institute of Physics and Stockholm University. His research interests include primary chemical reactions, interstellar chemistry and molecular spectroscopy. He was a member of the Physics and Mathematics Committee of the Swedish Natural Science Research Council from 1989 to 1995. He was made chair of the Research Committee of the Swedish National Space Board in 2001 and was also chair of the Evaluation Committee for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Fusion Research and Plasma Physics of the Swedish Research Council from 2001 to 2003. Ann E. Orel is a professor and Chair in the department of applied sciences at the University of California, Davis. She obtained her PhD in Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley and was made a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2000. Her research interests include theoretical atomic and molecular physics and computational science.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Experimental methods; 3. Theoretical methods; 4. The H2+molecule; 5. Diatomic hydride ions; 6. Diatomic ions; 7. The H3+ molecule; 8. Polyatomic ions; 9. Related processes; 10. Applications.

Review of the hardback: 'The authors display in-depth knowledge of the subject and have accomplished a definitive critical review of the theories, experiments and applications of DR reactions of molecular ions with electrons.' Materials World