Number of alpha particles N scattered at an angle θ during Ruther...
Answer :- a
Solution :- For a single scatterer, such as a single gold nucleus within a thin gold foil layer, the differential scattering cross section is defined as follows [2]:
dσ(θ, φ)/dΩ = flux scattered into element dΩ at angles (θ, φ)/incident flux per unit area
dσ/dΩ = (Iθ × A)/ (dΩ × I0 × NAvo × ρ × x(foil))........... (1)
where NAvo is Avogadro’s number, xfoil is the thickness of the target foil, A is the atomic mass of the material in the target foil, dΩ is the solid-angle of the detector, I0 is the unattenuated intensity of the alpha particle beam.
dσ/dΩ = [(ZZ0 e^2/4E )^2]/(1/sin^4(θ/2 ))
dσ/dΩ is directly proportional to 1/sin^4(θ/2 )