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Re: forces

On 13 Nov 1997 10:53:26 DAN SCHROEDER wrote:

..... compute the cross-section for your desired process and quit
asking questions.

How can Rutherford cross section (elastic scattering of alpha particles on
gold, for example) be calculated without knowing the force law of Coulomb?
A question about a force (or its potential) must be asked before the
corresponding cross section can be evaluated. Is this wrong in general?

Ludwik Kowalski