title: Critical electron binding to linear electric quadrupole systems.
abstract: Results for critical quadrupolar moments for electron binding to fixed, point-charge systems are normalized, extended, and displayed in graphical forms. The influence of rotational degrees of freedom on critical binding to quadrupolar systems is examined through calculations of critical moments for electron binding to linear electric quadrupolar rotors. The results are presented for rotors covering useful ranges of size and inertial parameters. The effect of rotational degrees of freedom on critical binding is found to be less important for quadrupolar as compared to dipolar rotors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA. wrg@utk.edu
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Garrett