Coulomb Collision

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Coulomb Collision

The collision of two particles both of which are charged.
In this case the collision cross section is considerably larger than when one of the particles is neutral because the electric field of the two particles can interact at much larger distances. Since the collisions are distant ones, however, the particles will suffer only a small angular deviation.

References

This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use