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Radiative Attachment is the process in which the emission of radiation allows the formation of anions from neutral species and electrons. An example of this process is
Where, hν represents a photon.
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Milam, S.N. (2015). Radiative Attachment. In: Gargaud, M., et al. Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44185-5_5081
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