A beam of 7.7-MeV a particles scatters from a gold foil of thickness o 0.32 μm. What fraction of the a particles scattered between 1.0° and 2.0°? What is the ratio of a particles scattered through angles greater than 1.0° to the m scattered through angles greater than 5.0°? Greater than 90°? What are the K and La wavelengths for helium and magnesium?

A beam of 7.7-MeV a particles scatters from a gold foil of thickness o 0.32 μm. What fraction of the a particles scattered between 1.0° and 2.0°? What is the ratio of a particles scattered through angles greater than 1.0° to the m scattered through angles greater than 5.0°? Greater than 90°? What are the K and La wavelengths for helium and magnesium?

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Chapter3: The Quantum Theroy Of Light

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