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The relevant formulae are calculated if tex2html_wrap_inline69 and tex2html_wrap_inline71 are the mass (in amu) and charge number of the projectile and target nucleus, respectively, and T is the laboratory energy (in MeV).

More information on relativistic Rutherford scattering (pdf-file)

deflection function tex2html_wrap_inline73 :

eqnarray12

Rutherford cross section:

equation22

with

equation32

beam velocity:

equation41

Lorentz contraction factor:

eqnarray47





Hans-Juergen Wollersheim
Wed Apr 14 16:39:01 CED 1999