Photodetachment of H^- near a Partially Reflecting Surface---I

Theoretical and interpretative study on the subject of photodetachment of H^- near a partially reflecting surface is presented, and the absorption effect of the surface is investigated on the total and differential cross sections using a
theoretical imaging method. To understand the absorption effect, a reflection parameter K is introduced as a multiplicative factor to the outgoing detached-electron wave of H^- propagating towards the wall. The reflection parameter measures, how much electron wave would reflect from the surface; K=0 corresponds to no reflection and K=1 corresponds to the total reflection.