Electron transfer from a highly excited Rydberg (n,l) atom to molecule: n and l dependence of the cross section

Abstract

Effects of the Coulomb attraction in the final channel are explicitly taken into account on electron transfer from an atom in a highly excited state (n,l) to a molecule. The n and l dependence of this process is related to the energy dependence of thermal-electron attachment to that molecule. It is therefore possible to learn about thermal-electron attachment from the measurement on the electron-transfer process.