Eur. Phys. J. D (2017) 71: 226
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2017-80326-0

Regular Article

Low energy electron transport in furfural^*

¹ Instituto de Física Fundamental, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Serrano 113-bis, 28006 Madrid, Spain
² Laboratório de Colisões Atómicas e Moleculares, CEFITEC, Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
³ Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
⁴ Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Avenida Complutense 22, 28040 Madrid, Spain
⁵ School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia

^a e-mail: g.garcia@imaff.cfmac.csic.es

Received: 10 May 2017
Received in final form: 12 June 2017
Published online: 5 September 2017

Abstract

We report on an initial investigation into the transport of electrons through a gas cell containing 1 mTorr of gaseous furfural. Results from our Monte Carlo simulation are implicitly checked against those from a corresponding electron transmission measurement. To enable this simulation a self-consistent cross section data base was constructed. This data base is benchmarked through new total cross section measurements which are also described here. In addition, again to facilitate the simulation, our preferred energy loss distribution function is presented and discussed.