DYNAMIC RESONANT ELECTRON-CAPTURE IN ATOM-SURFACE COLLISIONS - H- FORMATION IN H-AL(111) COLLISIONS

The formation of H- ion by grazing-angle collisions of hydrogen on an Al(111) surface is investigated with the newly developed coupled angular mode method. The capture process involves a dynamical resonant process induced by the collision velocity. All the resonance properties of the H- level in front of an Al(111) surface are determined: position, width, and angular distribution of ejected electrons. The results are shown to account for the recent observations on H- formation by Wyputta, Zimny, and Winter.