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OpenStudy (hartfe):

In a Rutherford scattering problem, how do you calculate the required energy of a particle so that the nuclear surfaces just touch? I took this to mean r=0 but the only way of satisfying that equation is with K=0 which is obviously wrong. Thanks

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