Photodetachment dynamics using nonlocal dicrete-state-in-continuum model

TL;DR

This paper introduces a nonlocal discrete-state-in-continuum model to describe electron photodetachment from molecular anions, extending its application from inelastic electron collisions to photo-detachment processes.

Contribution

The paper adapts and tests a previously successful model for inelastic electron collisions to the domain of electron photodetachment from molecular anions.

Findings

Model successfully describes electron photodetachment dynamics.

Approach validated on diatomic molecular anion.

Provides a theoretical framework for future studies.

Abstract

In this preprint I propose that the non local discrete-state-in-continuum model previously successfully used to describe the inelastic electron molecule collisions can also be used to model the electron photo-detachment from the molecular anions. The basic theory is sketched and the approach is tested on the model of electron photodetachment from diatomic molecular anion.