Cross sections of electron inelastic interactions in DNA

The cross sections of electron inelastic interaction in DNA are calculated using the dielectric response theory and Penn statistical approximation, with the exchange correction included. An empirical approach to obtain optical energy loss function is given for the organic compounds without available optical data. Comparisons of the calculated data with available experimental and theoretical results have been done to show the reliability of the approach proposed in this work. Using this approach, the total inelastic cross sections for five bases: guanine, adenine, thymine, cytosine and uracil have been calculated in the energy range of E≤10 keV and compared with those recently obtained with the Deutsch-Märk formalism and the Binary-Encounter-Bethe model, respectively. An equivalent unit of the DNA molecule is constructed according to the contents of A-T and G-C base pairs in DNA, and is divided into five constituents, i.e. sugar-phosphate and four bases. The total inelastic cross sections for the constructed unit of the DNA molecule and its constituents have also been calculated.

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