The electron affinity of tellurium has been determined to 1.970 876(7) eV. The threshold for photodetachment of Te − ( 2 P 3/2 ) forming neutral Te in the ground state was investigated by measuring the total photodetachment cross section using a collinear laser-ion beam geometry. The electron affinity was obtained from a fit to the Wigner law in the threshold region.
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