The Dynamical Jahn-Teller effect in localized systems

Foreword. 1. Introduction (Yu.E. Perlin and M. Wagner). 2. Theoretical background of the Jahn-Teller effect (I.B. Bersuker and V.Z. Polinger). 3. Group theoretical approaches (B.R. Judd). 4. Non-adiabatic systems: analytical approach and exact results (H.G. Reik). 5. Unitary transformation methods in vibronic problems (M. Wagner). 6. Numerical diagonalization techniques in the Jahn-Teller effect (D.R. Pooler). 7. Optical bands and polarization dichroism of Jahn-Teller centers (Yu.E. Perlin and B.S. Tsukerblat). 8. Jahn-Teller effects in optical spectra of II-VI and III-V impurity crystals (A.L. Natadze, A.I. Ryskin and B.G. Vekhter). 9. Jahn-Teller mercury-like impurities in ionic crystals (V.V. Hizhnyakov and N.N. Kristoffel). 10. Manifestations of the Jahn-Teller efect in the optical spectra of transition metal impurities in crystals (U. Ulrici). 11. Phonon scattering at Jahn-Teller defects in semiconductors (E. Sigmund). 12. Phonon spectroscopy of Jahn-Teller ions (L.J. Challis and A.M. de Goer). 13. Observation of the Jahn-Teller effect with electron paramagnetic resonance (H. Bill). 14. Paraelectric resonance of off-center ions (M.D. Glinchuck). Author index. Subject index.