title: Electron capture by polarizable dipolar targets: numerical and analytically approximated capture probabilities.
abstract: Numerically accurate and analytically approximated partial wave probabilities for the capture of a charged particle by a stationary polarizable dipole are presented over wide ranges of collision energies. The results facilitate the analysis of electron-molecule attachment in terms of capture rates, contributions from electron-phonon coupling, and kinetic properties when metastable anions are formed.
authors.affiliation: Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Haifa, 32000, Israel.
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: D000838:Anions / Q000737:chemistry; D004583:Electrons; D007700:Kinetics; D008956:Models, Chemical; D017785:Photons; D011336:Probability; D011789:Quantum Theory; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D000838:Anions