Electronic excitation of methanol by low energy electrons

Measurement of absolute differential and integral cross sections for the lowest lying electronically excited states of methanol will be presented. These cross sections were measured using a crossed electron gas beam spectrometer incorporating a moveable gas beam. The data were normalized against the elastic scattering signal, with the elastic cross sections previously determined in our laboratory [1] using the relative flow method with an aperture-type gas collimator [2]. These data are, to the best of the author's knowledge, the first reported study of these cross sections and have important implications for dosimetry modeling of radiation therapy. \\[4pt] [1] M.A. Khakoo \textit{et al.}, \textit{Phys. Rev. A}, \textbf{77}, 042705 (2008)\\[0pt] [2] M.A. Khakoo \textit{et al.}, \textit{J. Phys. B: At. Mol Phys.}, \textbf{40}, 3601 (2007)