Measurements of electron attachment

Attachment to a molecular target from an atom in a Rydberg state is described by. 

In this situation, the number N(t) of high Rydberg states which survive at a time t after a short exciting laser pulse is  

Such experiments have been reported by Stebbings [47] and collaborators. They show that, provided collision induced mixing is not significant, Matsuzawa s deduction[45] from the EFE is verified. 

The electron attachment rate is basically the cross section times the velocity (see equation (2.14)). For attachment rates to a neutral target, since the cross section varies as 1 /E1/2 = 1/v, this means that the attachment rate tends asymptotically to a constant value. Thus, for SF6, 

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The thick- or thin-layer method (see Section 2.5.1.1) is suitable for the measurement of electron attachment to a solute, S ... 

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