Rassmatrivayutsya sovremennye metody pryamogo issledovaniya bystrykh fiziko-khimicheskikh protsessov, dlitel'nost'yu ot millisekund do femtosekund, predpolagayushchie poluchenie dannykh o parametrakh protsessa neposredstvenno v khode ego protekaniya. Daetsya otdel'noe opisanie sistem initsiirovaniya bystrykh protsessov i sistem skorostnoy registratsii. Privodyatsya primery konkretnykh ustanovok issledovaniya bystrykh protsessov, a takzhe dannye o kharaktere protekaniya protsessov s uchastiem vozbuzhdennykh sostoyaniy, korotkozhivushchikh i stabil'nykh chastits. Dlya studentov i aspirantov fiziko-khimicheskikh spetsial'nostey, a takzhe spetsialistov, zanimayushchikhsya issledovaniyami v razlichnykh oblastyakh fiziki, khimii i biologii.