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| The formation of a neutral species when a [[negative ion]] in a discrete state with an energy greater than the detachment threshold loses an electron spontaneously without further interaction with an energy source.   | The formation of a neutral species when a [[negative ion]] in a discrete state with an energy greater than the detachment threshold loses an electron spontaneously without further interaction with an energy source.   | ||
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| Process whereby a negative ion in a discrete state with energy greater than the detachment threshold loses an electron spontaneously without further interaction with an energy source. | |||
| Related term:  [[autoionization]]. | |||
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| #B. H. Bransden, A. Dalgarno. Proc. Phys. Soc. Lond. 69A, 65-69 (1956). | |||
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