In the ► scattering experiments of ► particle physics, large-angle scattering indicates the recoil of the scattered “probe” particles at an impenetrable small or point-like scattering center. In the history of subatomic physics, it happened twice that unexpected large-angle scattering was observed in a crucial experiment. Both discoveries are based on a classical or ► semi-classical model of the atomic nucleus (► Rutherford atom).
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Falkenburg, B. (2009). Large-Angle Scattering. In: Greenberger, D., Hentschel, K., Weinert, F. (eds) Compendium of Quantum Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70626-7_106
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