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Scattering experiments are the paradigm of quantum mechanical measurements. A beam of atoms, ions, electrons or photons – to mention but a few possibilities – is generally created in an accelerator. A detector is used to find the energy of the scattered particle (or the absolute value of the momentum) and the scattering angle. From this, one calculates the momentum and energy transfer to the scattering centre and thus obtains the properties of the system under investigation.
Und so lasset auch die Farben
Mich nach meiner Art verkünden,
Ohne Wunden, ohne Narben,
Mit der lässlichsten der Sünden.
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R.P. Feynman, Quantum Electrodynamics (Benjamin, New York, 1962)
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R.P. Feynman, R.B. Leighton, M. Sands, The Feynman Lectures on Physics II (Addison-Wesley, Reading, 1964)
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Povh, B., Rosina, M. (2017). Photon Scattering – Form Factors. In: Scattering and Structures. Graduate Texts in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-54515-7_1
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