Low-Energy-Positron Scattering by Acetone

We report calculations for the elastic collision of low-energy positrons by acetone (C3H6O). For this purpose, the Schwinger multichannel method was used in the static plus polarization approach to calculate cross sections in the energy range from 10(-4) to 10 eV. Acetone is a polar molecule, and the effect of the long-range dipole interaction was taken into account through the Born-closure scheme. Our integral cross section was compared with the experimental total cross section results available in the literature, which do not agree among themselves below 2 eV. Our results agree qualitatively well with the most recent experimental data available in all energy regions. Particularly, below the positronium formation channel threshold, when the experimental data are corrected because of the angular resolution of the apparatus, the quantitative agreement is improved.