@article{7c4e3ecb9fca4efcbd2c705b5c0a6488,
title = "Differential cross sections for intermediate-energy electron scattering from α-tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol: Excitation of electronic-states",
abstract = "We report on measurements of differential cross sections (DCSs) for electron impact excitation of a series of Rydberg electronic-states in α-tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (THFA). The energy range of these experiments was 20-50 eV, while the scattered electron was detected in the 10°-90° angular range. There are currently no other experimental data or theoretical computations against which we can directly compare the present measured results. Nonetheless, we are able to compare our THFA DCSs with earlier cross section measurements for Rydberg-state electronic excitation for tetrahydrofuran, a similar cyclic ether, from Do et al. [J. Chem. Phys. 134, 144302 (2011)]. In addition, {"}rotationally averaged{"}elastic DCSs, calculated using our independent atom model with screened additivity rule correction approach are also reported. Those latter results give integral cross sections consistent with the optical theorem, and supercede those from the only previous study of Milosavljevićet al. [Eur. Phys. J. D 40, 107 (2006)].",
author = "L. Chiari and Duque, {H. V.} and Jones, {D. B.} and Thorn, {P. A.} and Z. Pettifer and Silva, {G. B. da} and P. Lim{\~a}o-Vieira and D. Duflot and Hubin-Franskin, {M. J.} and J. Delwiche and F. Blanco and G. Garc{\'i}a and Lopes, {M. C. A.} and K. Ratnavelu and White, {R. D.} and Brunger, {M. J.}",
note = "The authors wish to thank the Australian (through the Australian Research Council), Belgian, Brazilian (through CNPq, CAPES, and FAPEMIG), French (CaPPA project from ANR through the PIA under Contract No. ANR-10-LABX-005), Malaysian, Portuguese (PEst-OE/FIS/UI0068/2014 and PTDC/FIS-ATO/1832/2012 through FCT-MEC) and Spanish (Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad under Project No. FIS2012-31230) funding agencies who financially supported various aspects of this work. One of us (M.J.B.) acknowledges the University of Malaya for his {"}Distinquished Visiting Professorship{"} and CNPq for his {"}Special Visiting Professorship,{"} while another (D.B.J.) thanks the ARC for his Discovery Early Career Research Award. Finally, H.V.D. thanks the Science Without Borders scheme that enabled him to visit and study in Australia.",
year = "2014",
month = "7",
day = "14",
doi = "10.1063/1.4885856",
language = "English",
volume = "141",
journal = "Journal of Chemical Physics",
issn = "0021-9606",
publisher = "AMER INST PHYSICS",
number = "2",
}