List of scattering experiments

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This is a list of scattering experiments.

## Contents

* 1 Specific experiments of historical significance
* 2 Types of experiment
* 2.1 Optical methods
* 2.2 Neutron-based methods
* 2.3 Particle accelerators

## Specific experiments of historical significance

* Davisson–Germer experiment
* Gold foil experiments, performed by Geiger and Marsden for Rutherford which discovered the atomic nucleus
* Elucidation of the structure of DNA by X-ray crystallography
* Discovery of the antiproton at the Bevatron
* Discovery of W and Z bosons at CERN
* Discovery of the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider
* MINERνA

## Types of experiment

### Optical methods

* Compton scattering
* Raman scattering
* X-ray crystallography
* Biological small-angle scattering with X-rays, or Small-angle X-ray scattering
* Static light scattering
* Dynamic light scattering
* Polymer scattering with X-rays

### Neutron-based methods

* Neutron scattering
* Biological small-angle scattering with neutrons, or Small-angle neutron scattering
* Polymer scattering with neutrons

### Particle accelerators

* Electrostatic nuclear accelerator
* Linear induction accelerator
* Betatron
* Linear particle accelerator
* Cyclotron
* Synchrotron

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