Self-Trapped Excitons

In crystals as diverse as sodium chloride, silicon dioxide,sold xenon, pyrene, arsenic triselenide, and silverchloride, the fundamental electronicexcitation (exciton) islocalized within its own lattice distortion field veryshortly after its creation. This book discusses thestructure if the self-trapped exciton (STE) and itsevolution along the path of its return to the ground stateor t...