Total electron scattering cross sections from: Para -benzoquinone in the energy range 1-200 eV

11 pags., 6 figs., 3 tabs.Total electron scattering cross sections, from para-benzoquinone, for impact energies ranging between 1 to 200 eV, have been obtained by measuring the attenuation of a linear electron beam under magnetic confinement conditions. Random uncertainty limits on these values have been found to be within 5%. Systematic errors, due to the axial magnetic beam conditions in combination with the acceptance angle of the detector, have been evaluated by integrating our calculated independent atom model with the screening corrected additivity rule and interference term elastic differential cross sections over that detection acceptance angle. Our previous calculations and measurements on this molecule (Jones et al., J. Chem. Phys., 2018, 148, 124312 and J. Chem. Phys., 2018, 148, 204305), have been compiled and complemented with new elastic and inelastic scattering cross section calculations in order to obtain a comprehensive cross section data base, within the considered energy range, for modelling purposes. The self-consistency of the present data set has been evaluated by simulating the electron transport of 15 eV electrons in para-benzoquinone, and comparing those results with the observed transmitted intensity distribution.This study has partially been supported by the Spanish Ministry MINECO (Project FIS-80440). F. F. S. acknowledges the Portuguese National Funding Agency FCT through Researcher Contract No. IF-FCT IF/00380/2014, and, together with P. L. V., the Research Grant No. UID/FIS/00068/2013. M. J. B. thanks the Australian Research Council for funding through grants DP160102787 and DP180101655. Finally, M. A. P. L., M. T. N. V. (Grant I. D. 305672/2014-9), R. F. C. (Grant I. D. 313094/2017-9) and M. H. F. B. all acknowledge financial support from the Brazilian agency Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientı´fico e Tecnolo´gico (CNPq). These authors also wish to thank computational support from Centro de Computaçao John David Rogers (CCJDR) at Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Finally, M. T. N. V. acknowledge Fundaça˜o de Amparo a` Pesquisa do Estado de Sa˜o Paulo (FAPESP) (Grant I. D. 2017/24145-9) for funding