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Hi, Thanks for the answer. Let the trajectory of the alpha particle be on the x-axis. Are you suggesting to calculate \int_{t1}^{t2} Fy dt where Fy is the y-coordinate of the force? DH

Hi, My question is about the famous paper by E. Rutherford on the scattering of alpha particles (1911). The paper is easy to find on internet. Rutherford gives the formula for the electric field inside an atom, at a distance r from the nucleus (here reduced to a point): X = N e (1/r^2 - r/R^3)...