Absolute measurements of the double differential electronic emission cross-sections of isolated pyrene molecule (C16H10) in interaction with keV protons

Abstract

Abstract Electronic emission of an isolated pyrene molecule induced by 50 to 125 keV protons has been investigated. The corresponding absolute double differential cross-sections ∂ 2 σ ∂ Ω ∂ E have been measured at an angle of 35° with respect to the incident proton beam axis. These measurements were compared to the simulations of emitted electrons’ spectra using a semi-classical trajectory Monte-Carlo (SCTMC) approach. The simulated SCTMC cross-sections show reasonably good agreement with the measured ones.