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The relevant formulae are calculated if tex2html_wrap_inline88 and tex2html_wrap_inline90 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 non-relativistic Rutherford scattering (pdf-file)

impact parameter:

eqnarray12

orbital angular momentum:

equation18

distance of closest approach:

equation24

Rutherford cross section:

eqnarray30

with the Sommerfeld Parameter:

equation49

the asymptotic wave number:

eqnarray55

and the half the distance of closest approach in a head-on collison:

equation66





Hans-Juergen Wollersheim
Mon Apr 12 16:05:52 CED 1999