We propose that thermal electron attachment to C60 should occur preferentially in the p-wave channel, following an analysis of the vibron excitation spectrum of C60−. A very simple model based on this idea is shown to account very well for recent attachment data. The unexplained activation energy of ≈ 0.26 eV found experimentally is attributed to the p-wave centrifugal barrier.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9402111,
title = {Anomalous low-energy electron attachment in C_{60}},
author = {Erio Tosatti and Nicola Manini},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9402111},
year = {2015}
}