A process of this type has a likelihood proportional to the cosecant of theta over 2 raised to the fourth power.
A process of this type has a likelihood proportional to the cosecant of theta over 2 raised to the fourth power. A measure of the likelihood of one of these events occurring is equal to its attenuation over the number density of targets. The path of a particle undergoing this phenomenon is related to a parameter symbolized b which is equivalent to the b parameter of the (*) hyperbolic orbit; that parameter is the impact parameter. This sort of process has its likelihood quantified by the cross section. The plum pudding model was disproved in an experiment where alpha particles experienced a form of this phenomenon named for Rutherford after hitting gold foil. For 10 points, name this phenomenon where a particle or wave is forced to deviate from its initial trajectory, whose Rayleigh form explains the blue color of the sky.
A process of this type has a likelihood proportional to the cosecant of theta over 2 raised to the fourth power.
scattering [accept more specific answers such as Rutherford scattering] 