title: Modelling low-energy electron-molecule capture processes.
abstract: Cross sections and rate coefficients for capture of low-energy electrons with polar and polarizable target molecules are calculated in the framework of Fabrikant and Hotop's extended version of the Vogt-Wannier model and an extension of this approach is given in the present article. Analytical approximations are derived in order to facilitate the application to experiments. A comparison with a selection of experimental electron attachment rate coefficients provides insight into the competition between anion formation through electron capture and scattering processes which do not follow this pathway.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für biophysikalische Chemie, Am Fassberg 11, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Dashevskaya
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Litvin
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Nikitin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Troe
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D004583:Electrons; D008956:Models, Chemical; D013696:Temperature; D013816:Thermodynamics