Low energy electron transport in furfural

We report on an initial investigation into the transport of electrons through a gas cell containing 1 mTorr of gaseous furfural. Results from our Monte Carlo simulation are implicitly checked against those from a corresponding electron transmission measurement. To enable this simulation a self-consistent cross section data base was constructed. This data base is benchmarked through new total cross section measurements which are also described here. In addition, again to facilitate the simulation, our preferred energy loss distribution function is presented and discussed.This study has partially been supported by the Spanish Ministry MINECO (Project FIS2016-80440) and the COST (CM301 Action) and ITN-Marie Curie (ARGENT-608163) European Union programmes. K.K. and F.F.S. acknowledge the Portuguese National Funding Agency FCT-MCTES through grants SFRH/BD/52536/2014 and researcher position IFFCT IF/00380/2014, respectively, and together with PLV the research grant UID/FIS/00068/2013. This work was also supported by Radiation Biology and Biophysics Doctoral Training Programme (RaBBiT, PD/00193/2012); UID/Multi/ 04378/2013 (UCIBIO). M.J.B. also thanks the Australian Research Council for some financial supportPeer Reviewe