List of scattering experiments explained

This is a list of scattering experiments.

Specific experiments of historical significance

See also: List of accelerators in particle physics.

• 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