Introduction 1 1. 2. Basic Concepts and Phenomenological Description 6 2.1. Separation of the Center-of-Mass Motion 8 2.2. Separation of Electronic and Nuclear Motions. Interaction Potentials (Potential-Energy Surfaces) 11 2.2.1. Heuristic Considerations 11 2.2.2. Born-Oppenheimer Separation. Adiabatic Approximation, 16 Present State of Potential-Energy-Burface 2.2.3. Calculations 23 2.3. Scattering Channels 6 2.4. Classification of Elementary Processes. Microscopic Mechanism 27 D.ynamics of Atomic and Molecular Collisions: 3. Electronically Adiabatic Processes 32 Classical Approach 3.1. 33...