But clearly if you integrate the formula over all solid angles, (1) the answer is infinite, (2) the total changes with mass and charge.
Yet, presumably the total number of particles going out should equal the number going in.
I'm re-reading Vanadium's first answer, which suggests that only...
And you don't see why I have a problem with that?
I found another source that suggested that the scattering formula is only true for some angles (above some minimum). Is that correct? Do you know what the cutoff might e?
I do not understand the interpretation of the http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/rutsca.html" .
To me, that equation says:
(1) for a given θ, the proportion of particles exiting at θ does NOT depend on mass or charge;
(2) if you integrated over all possible scattering angles, you...