22nd Colloquium on High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy: Special Issue dedicated to Gianfranco Di Lonardo

This issue, together with a second issue to appear in early 2012, consists of contributions submitted by participants attending the Colloquium on High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy (HRMS), held in Dijon, France from 29 August to 2 September 2011. This is the 22nd in a biannual series of international conferences, which in recent years have taken place alternately in Dijon, France (1999, 2003, 2007, 2011) and in another European Country (1997 in Glasgow, Scotland; 2001 in Nijmegen, The Netherlands; 2005 in Salamanca, Spain, 2009 in Castellammare di Stabia, Italy). This series has a longstanding tradition as one of the most important conferences worldwide on all aspects of high resolution…