Highly charged ions colliding with atoms, surfaces and clusters

in this review we will start out with an effort to describe the present und erstanding of the dominant mechanisms for electron transfer in collisions b etween slow highly charged ions and atoms. We then follow up with an accoun t of the most prominent phenomena in highly charged ion-surface collisions and emphasize the similarities and differences between the collision scenar ios for atomic and surface targets Finally we will discuss recent advances in the much less mature field of highly charged ion-cluster (mainly C-60) c ollisions.