23) Please need the correct to this problem with full explanation and methods how you get the answer, please. In one of the classic nuclear physics experiments at the beginning of the 20th century, an alpha particle was accelerated toward a gold nucleus, and its path was substantially deflected by the Coulomb interaction. If the energy of the doubly charged alpha nucleus was 6.29 MeV, how close (in m) to thegold nucleus (79 protons) could it come before being deflected?m

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In one of the classic nuclear physics experiments at the beginning of the 20th century, an alpha partide was accelerated toward a gold nucleus, and its path was substantially deflected by the Coulomb interaction. If the energy of the doubly charged alpha nucleus was 6.29 Mev, how close (in m) to the gold nudeus (79 protons) could it come before being deflected? m

In one of the classic nuclear physics experiments at the beginning of the 20th century, an alpha partide was accelerated toward a gold nucleus, and its path was substantially deflected by the Coulomb interaction. If the energy of the doubly charged alpha nucleus was 6.29 Mev, how close (in m) to the gold nudeus (79 protons) could it come before being deflected? m

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Chapter19: Electric Potential And Electric Field

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Problem 15PE: The electric field strength between two parallel conducting plates separated by 4.00 cm is 7.50 104...

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