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  4. Consider aiming a beam of free electrons towards free protons. When they scatter, an electron and a proton cannot combine to produce a H-atom, because of

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Q. Consider aiming a beam of free electrons towards free protons. When they scatter, an electron and a proton cannot combine to produce a $H$-atom, because of

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When a beam of free electron is aimed towards free protons, the electrons get scattered on account of energy conservation.