Collision on air cushion with carrom disks
Experiment no.: 1.7.7
The experiment shows that for an elastic, non-central collision of a mass with an equally large stationary mass, the two masses always fly apart at 90°.
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Particle collision with interaction zone
2-dimensional collision in the laboratory and in the centre of mass system
Energy of the colliding particle as a function of the scattering angle
Transformation from the centre of mass to the laboratory system
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