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EXPERIMENTS by Rutherford show anomalies in the scattering of α-particles in a certain range of velocities for light elements. Similarly, the scattering of electrons by atoms shows anomalies for small velocities, as was discovered by Ramsauer. Both effects can be treated in a similar way by wave-mechanics considerations.
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BECK, G. Atomic Physics and Related Subjects.: Communications to Nature.: Scattering of Electron and α-Particles. Nature 125, 458 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/125458b0
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