Eur. Phys. J. D (2014) 68: 205
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2014-40829-8

Regular Article

Theoretical and experimental quantification of doubly and singly differential cross sections for electron-induced ionization of isolated tetrahydrofuran molecules^*

¹ Université Bordeaux, CNRS/IN2P3, Centre d’Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux-Gradignan, CENBG, Chemin du solarium, BP 120, 33175 Gradignan, France
² Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt PTB, Braunschweig, Germany
³ Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA

^a e-mail: champion@cenbg.in2p3.fr

Received: 24 December 2013
Received in final form: 2 April 2014
Published online: 29 July 2014

Abstract

Electron-induced ionization of the tetrahydrofuran molecule, the commonly used surrogate of the DNA sugar-phosphate backbone, is theoretically described in this study within the 1st Born approximation. Comparisons between theory and recent experiments are reported in terms of doubly and singly differential cross sections.