An Experimental Investigation 12C(p,p)12C Reaction with an Open Air Van de Graaff
Abstract
The purpose of this project is to attempt an
experimental verification of Ernest Rutherford's
differential cross section equation
with elastically scattered protons. This is
obviously not the height of originality, but in
setting this as a goal, a number of other goals.
are reached. There are still many functional
relationships in the operation of the Van de Graaff
which are known to no one, and whose discovery
would constitute truly original research. Also,
the whole project has much educational value to
one who has never used a particle accelerator to
obtain data, now that the particle accelerator has
become an instrument of major importance in nuclear
research. Once the accelerator is built up, it
can take in more students and become a real asset
to the college.