Evaluation of recommended cross sections for the simulation of electron tracks in water
Publication Name
Atoms
Abstract
The accuracy of the most recent recommended cross sections dataset for electron scattering from gaseous H2O (J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data 2021, 50, 023103) is probed in a joint experimental and computational study. Simulations of the magnetically confined electron transport through a gas cell containing H2O for different beam energies (3, 10 and 70 eV) and pressures (2.5 to 20.0 mTorr) have been performed by using a specifically designed Monte Carlo code. The simulated results have been compared with the corresponding experimental data as well as with simulations performed with Geant4DNA. The comparison made between the experiment and simulation provides insight into possible improvement of the recommended dataset.
Open Access Status
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Volume
9
Issue
4
Article Number
98
Funding Number
PTDC/FIS-AQM/31281/2017
Funding Sponsor
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council