Irfu-09-99 |
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Measuring the deviation from the Rutherford formula |
E. A. Kuraev et al (E. Tomasi-Gustafsson) |
Modern experiments with heavy ion-leptons collisions open the possibility to measure the deviation of cross section of small angles electron(positron)-ion elastic scattering from the Rutherford formula due to multiple virtual photons exchange. The charge asymmetry and the polarization of the scattered leptons are calculated and numerical predictions are given. A generalization to elastic proton-nucleus scattering is discussed. |