Quantum theory of fast electron impact ionization of C60: application of the spherical jellium model

Integrated and differential cross-sections for the ionization of the fullerene C60 by electrons with energies of more than 100 eV have been calculated in the plane-wave Born approximation using a spherical jellium shell model to describe the target electron states. The results are compared with measured absolute integrated and relative triply differential cross-sections. For high energies, reasonable agreement between theory and experiment is found.