THE RUNGE-LENZ VECTOR AND PERTURBED RUTHERFORD SCATTERING

Authors
AGUIAR CE BARROSO MF
Citation
Ce. Aguiar et Mf. Barroso, THE RUNGE-LENZ VECTOR AND PERTURBED RUTHERFORD SCATTERING, American journal of physics, 64(8), 1996, pp. 1042-1048
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
American journal of physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029505
Volume
64
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1042 - 1048
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9505(1996)64:8<1042:TRVAPR>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The scattering of a particle in a perturbed Coulomb field is studied b y means of the Runge-Lenz vector. We show that this leads to a simple method for calculating the classical deflection function, valid for qu ite general perturbing forces. With the same techniques we obtain the relativistic correction of order c(-2) to Rutherford's scattering form ula. (C) 1996 American Association of Physics Teachers.