The Geiger-Marsden experiment successfully demonstrated the existence of the nucleus and put limits on its size using
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a) Derive the upper bound of the radius of the nucleus in terms of the speed of the alpha particle that is scattered in the backward direction.
b) Calculate the approximate radius of the gold nucleus using the result from part (a).
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University Physics With Modern Physics
ISBN: 978-0073513881
2nd edition
Authors: Wolfgang Bauer, Gary Westfall
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