Calculation of the photodetachment cross sections of the HCN ^- and HNC ^- dipole-bound anions as described by a one-electron Drude model

The continuum functions were calculated by using the extended Drude model for treating the interaction of excess electrons with polar molecules. The photodetachment cross sections were also calculated. It was found that the approach was also applied to calculate the cross sections for photodetachment of dipole-bound electrons from HNC - and HCN -. An adiabatic model, which separates the radial and angular degrees of freedom of the excess electron, was introduced.