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A shadow of the repulsive Rutherford scattering and Hamilton vector. / Shatilov, D. A.; Silagadze, Z. K.
In: European Journal of Physics, Vol. 42, No. 3, 035001, 05.2021.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - A shadow of the repulsive Rutherford scattering and Hamilton vector
AU - Shatilov, D. A.
AU - Silagadze, Z. K.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 European Physical Society. Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/5
Y1 - 2021/5
N2 - The fact that repulsive Rutherford scattering casts a paraboloidal shadow is rarely exploited in introductory mechanics textbooks. Another rarely used construction in such textbooks is the Hamilton vector, a cousin of the more famous Laplace-Runge-Lenz vector. We will show how the latter (Hamilton's vector) can be used to explain and clarify the former (paraboloidal shadow).
AB - The fact that repulsive Rutherford scattering casts a paraboloidal shadow is rarely exploited in introductory mechanics textbooks. Another rarely used construction in such textbooks is the Hamilton vector, a cousin of the more famous Laplace-Runge-Lenz vector. We will show how the latter (Hamilton's vector) can be used to explain and clarify the former (paraboloidal shadow).
KW - classical mechanics
KW - Hamilton vector
KW - Rutherford scattering
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85102174751&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1088/1361-6404/abd98b
DO - 10.1088/1361-6404/abd98b
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85102174751
VL - 42
JO - European Journal of Physics
JF - European Journal of Physics
SN - 0143-0807
IS - 3
M1 - 035001
ER -
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