From $\frac{1}{r}$ to $\frac{1}{r^{2}}$ Potentials: Electron Exchange between Rydberg Atoms and Polar Molecules

31 October 1994

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 73 (18) , 2436-2439
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.73.2436

Abstract

Several new molecular anions, in their dipole-bound ground states, have been created by charge exchange between polar molecules and laser-excited Rydberg atoms. Measurement of electron-binding energies, by means of electric field detachment, as function of known molecular dipole moments gives the first experimental estimation of the minimum molecular dipole required to bind an electron.

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From1rto1r2Potentials: Electron Exchange between Rydberg Atoms and Polar Molecules

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From $\frac{1}{r}$ to $\frac{1}{r^{2}}$ Potentials: Electron Exchange between Rydberg Atoms and Polar Molecules