Eur. Phys. J. D (2014) 68: 263
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2014-50564-9

Editorial

Electron and positron induced processes. POSMOL 2013^*

¹ Laboratório de Colisões Atómicas e Moleculares, CEFITEC, Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
² York University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
³ Department of Physics, Sophia University, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan
⁴ Department of Chemistry, Science Institute, University of Iceland, 107 Reykjavik, Iceland
⁵ Department of Physical Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK
⁶ Department of Physics, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
⁷ Department of Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan

^a e-mail: plimaovieira@fct.unl.pt

Received: 29 July 2014
Published online: 25 September 2014

Abstract

POSMOL 2013, the international meeting on electron and positron induced processes comprising the XVII International Workshop on Low-Energy Positron and Positronium Physics and the XVIII International Symposium on Electron-Molecule Collisions and Swarms, was held at Kanazawa Bunka Hall, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, from 19–21 July 2013. The XVII Workshop encompassed all aspects of positron, positronium and antiproton interactions with electrons, atoms, molecules and solid surfaces, and topics related to these, whereas the XVIII Symposium encompassed all aspects of electron interactions with molecules in both gaseous and condensed phases. Particular topics include studies of electron interactions with biomolecules, electron induced surface chemistry and the study of plasma processes. Recent research on the study of electron swarms was also highlighted.