The Scattering of 2.4- to 3.5-Mev Protons by Protons

Abstract

Collimated monoenergetic protons, accelerated by the Minnesota electrostatic generator to energies of 2.42, 3.04, 3.27, and 3.53 Mev, were scattered by hydrogen gas and detected at well defined angles from 8° to 45°. The observations at each angle and energy have been reduced to values of the absolute cross section for proton-proton scattering per unit solid angle. These cross sections are considered to be reliable to ±1.6 percent.