Negative ions of polar molecules
- 1 January 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular Physics
- Vol. 20 (4), 585-591
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00268977100100561
Abstract
The influence of a molecule's dipole moment on its ability to capture an electron into a stable bound state is examined. It is proved that, in the fixednuclei approximation, a value greater than 1·625 Debye for the dipole moment suffices to guarantee the existence of a discrete spectrum of negative ion states. Implications for Hartree-Fock calculations of negative ions are discussed. The interaction of electronic, vibrational and rotational motions in negative dipolar ions is studied, and conclusions are drawn for real molecules.Keywords
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