Talk:Mott scattering
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I am responsible for the final paragraph only. My Flatley (talk) 06:14, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
Mott?
[edit]Why is this named Mott scattering? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.247.167.99 (talk) 00:44, 9 August 2016 (UTC)
Because it was theoretically analyzed by a physicist named Mott — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.151.78.40 (talk) 15:22, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
Mott scattering is not just about spin-orbit
[edit]The article only deals with the spin-orbit scattering component of Mott scattering, but there is more to it. Generally, it is the relativistic version of Rutherford scattering and apart from spin-orbit there is another relativistic correction factor which reads 1-v2/c2 sin2(θ/2) (see e.g. Williams, Nuclear and Particle Physics). This is quite important for nuclear size determination by form factor measurements. --131.151.78.40 (talk) 21:04, 31 August 2018 (UTC)