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In bombarding atomic nuclei with proton “bullets,” why

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In bombarding atomic nuclei with proton “bullets,” why must the protons be accelerated to high energies if they are to make contact with the target nuclei?

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In bombarding atomic nuclei with proton “bullets,” why must the protons be accelerated to high energies if they are to make contact with the target nuclei?

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A nucleus of an atom is positively charged and the same for the proton, it is positively charged.

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