inelastic scattering

[in-i-las-tik skat-er-ing]

noun

Physics.

1. a scattering of particles due to an inelastic collision that also changes their wavelengths and phases.

Word History and Origins

Origin of inelastic scattering¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

"In our latest study, we examine the potential effects that a dark photon could have on the complete set of experimental results from the deep inelastic scattering process," said Professor Thomas.

From Science Daily

Lambda particles have been studied before, but in the new paper, the researchers relied on a special process called semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering to create them inside a nucleus.

From Scientific American

BLS examines the inelastic scattering of light; it can probe both the ground state of magnetic materials and their excited states.

From Nature

When thinks break up like that in a particle collision, we call it “inelastic” scattering.

From The Guardian

Examples of the very digital reconstitution of very complex acitivities involving elastic and inelastic scattering in high energy physics The detective work performed by studying the lines of flight of these tracks were instrumental to the discovery of increasingly fundamental particles, beyond that of the electron and the nucleon it orbits.

From Scientific American