Autodetaching States of Atomic Negative Ions

TL;DR

This paper reviews the excited states of atomic negative ions, discussing their properties, resonances in collisions, and recent experimental observations, providing a comprehensive overview of current knowledge in this area.

Contribution

It offers a summarized update on known excited states of negative ions, including recent experimental findings and discusses their roles in surface interactions.

Findings

Observation of resonances in gas phase atomic collisions

Recent experimental results on resonant states in surface interactions

Compilation of electron affinities for atomic negative ions

Abstract

A critical review on excited states of negative ions has been given recently by Buckman and Clark (1994), in a major update of the review by Schulz (1973). However, for completeness we include a summary of some known (mainly low lying) excited states. We include a brief discussion and indicate some problematic points with additional references. The observation of resonances in gas phase atomic collisions is discussed in this context. Finally we mention some very nice new results concerning the observation of these resonant states in particle surface interactions and briefly discuss the role that they can play. A table of electron affinities of atomic negative ions is provided at the end.