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.