抄録
The use of synchrotron radiation in the gas phase is quite useful for understanding photochemical primary processes in vacuum UV region because of the continuous character of the light intensity against the wavelength in the whole region. In the present paper photochemical primary processes associated with the use of synchrotron radiation are reviewed. In addition, we present some experimental results on the photochemical reactions of molecular clusters. The advantages of the use of a supersonic molecular beam combined with synctrotron radiation are demonstrated.