J. Turulski et al., THE RATE OF ION-LINEAR DIPOLE CAPTURE AT EXTREMELY LOW-TEMPERATURES ESTIMATED WITH THE USE OF THE STATISTICAL ADIABATIC CHANNEL MODEL, Chemical physics, 174(3), 1993, pp. 387-395
The rate constant for ion-linear dipole capture is estimated over a ra
nge of very small energies using the microcanonical version of the sta
tistical adiabatic channel model (SACM). The energy dependence is foun
d to be very diverse and not following any simple pattern. The dimensi
onless parameters y and zeta affect the issue considerably. Depending
on these parameters, the function rate constant as a function of energ
y may increase either monotonously or stepwise, it may attain a platea
u value at some energy and next, having surpassed some threshold point
, may further increase monotonously at a rate that is affected by the
magnitude of zeta and y.