inelastic scattering
noun
: a scattering of particles as the result of inelastic collision in which the total kinetic energy of the colliding particles changes
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The production of lambda particles by semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering was observed.
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Will Stephenson, Harper's Magazine, 16 Aug. 2023
In this way, the electron energy sets the maximum resolving power of a deep inelastic scattering experiment.
—Quanta Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
The electrons were hitting the proton hard enough to shatter it — a process called deep inelastic scattering — and were rebounding from point-like shards of the proton called quarks.
—Quanta Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
These deep inelastic scattering experiments showed, experimentally, that there were indeed individual structures inside the proton, and that individual fundamental particles (like electrons) would scatter off of them in different ways.
—Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2021
Then the accelerator was used to perform what is called deep inelastic scattering, in which electrons bombard protons and neutrons.
—Dylan Loeb McClain, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2018
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Will Stephenson, Harper's Magazine, 16 Aug. 2023
In this way, the electron energy sets the maximum resolving power of a deep inelastic scattering experiment.
—Quanta Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
The electrons were hitting the proton hard enough to shatter it — a process called deep inelastic scattering — and were rebounding from point-like shards of the proton called quarks.
—Quanta Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
These deep inelastic scattering experiments showed, experimentally, that there were indeed individual structures inside the proton, and that individual fundamental particles (like electrons) would scatter off of them in different ways.
—Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2021
Then the accelerator was used to perform what is called deep inelastic scattering, in which electrons bombard protons and neutrons.
—Dylan Loeb McClain, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2018
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“Inelastic scattering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inelastic%20scattering. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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