Gallery item: rutherford scattering
Rutherford scattering of an α particle on a gold nucleus (for example).
clearView(0)
drawCircle(❨0, 0❩, 0.1, "colour:white; border−colour:white")
αtraj ≔ ∅
drawSet("αtraj", "colour:red")
;iterate impactParameter:-8:8
αtraj ≔ αtraj ∪ computeParticleTrajectory("1/norm(r)^3 ⋅ r", "r", ❨-10, -impactParameter❩, ❨1, 0❩, 0, 100, 0.005)
redraw(0)
;enditerate
