https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/s10053-021-00300-7
Regular Article – Atomic and Molecular Collisions
A complete data set for the simulation of electron transport through gaseous tetrahydrofuran in the energy range 1–100 
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Instituto de Física Fundamental, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 28006, Madrid, Spain
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Atomic and Molecular Collisions Laboratory, CEFITEC, Department of Physics, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal
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Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Mediambientales y Tecnológicas -CIEMAT, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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Departamento de Estructura de la Materia, Física Térmica y Electrónica e IPARCOS, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, 4811, Townsville, QLD, Australia
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Department of Medical Physics, Townsville University Hospital, 4814, Townsville, QLD, Australia
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Instituto de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 62251, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
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College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, 5042, Bedford Park, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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Department of Actuarial Science and Applied Statistics, Faculty of Business and Management, UCSI University, 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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adrian.garcia.abenza@csic.es
Received:
17
September
2021
Accepted:
27
October
2021
Published online:
2
December
2021
A self-consistent data set, with all the necessary inputs for Monte Carlo simulations of electron transport through gaseous tetrahydrofuran (THF) in the energy range 1–100 eV, has been critically compiled in this study. Accurate measurements of total electron scattering cross sections (TCSs) from THF have been obtained, and considered as reference values to validate the self-consistency of the proposed data set. Monte Carlo simulations of the magnetically confined electron transport through a gas cell containing THF for different beam energies (3, 10 and 70 eV) and pressures (2.5 and 5.0 mTorr) have also been performed by using a novel code developed in Madrid. In order to probe the accuracy of the proposed data set, the simulated results have been compared with the corresponding experimental data, the latter obtained with the same experimental configuration where the TCSs have been measured.
B. Jones: Present address: Flinders Microscopy and Microanalysis, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, Adelaide, SA 5042, Australia.
Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/s10053-021-00300-7.
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