Consider the scattering of an alpha particle from the positively charged pan. of the Tho...

Consider the scattering of an alpha particle from the positively charged pan. of the Thomson plum-pudding model. Let the kinetic energy of the α particle be K (nonrelativistic) and let the atomic radius be R. (a) Assuming that the maximum transverse Coulomb force acts on the α particle for a time (where is the initial speed of the α particle), show that. the largest scattering angle we can expect from a single atom is

(b) Evaluate for an 8.04MeV α particle scattering from a gold atom of radius