Excitation of the lowest electronic transitions in ethanol by low-energy electrons

Abstract

We report absolute differential and integral cross sections for electronic excitation of ethanol, by low-energy electron impact. Cross sections for low-lying excited states were measured at incident electron energies from 9 to 20 eV and at scattering angles from through . Our results include cross sections for excitation of the and states as well as for the + and + cross section sums. Corresponding calculations were also performed using the Schwinger multichannel method, within an 11-channel close-coupling scheme.