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Stephen Wolfram Q&A, For Kids (and others) [February 5, 2021]

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

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How Do You Calculate the Chance That an Electron Will Hit a Nucleus?

The chance that an electron will hit a nucleus, for example, is measured in barns. As the energies of protons go up, it turns out that the chance that they interact increases slightly. So i think it probably may be a hundred ad 50 milly bonds at the highest energies.

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