An alpha particle heads straight at a nucleus and stops for a moment at its closest approach. You will compute that distance and the radius of the nucleus, and find which nuclei a fast particle actually reaches.
The idea. fm with in MeV, and . The particle reaches the nucleus if .
Your tasks.
closest, return in fm.radius, return in fm.reached with the names of the metals whose nucleus a alpha particle reaches.Have you tried it?
Do the tasks in the editor first, and run the checker after each one. Its hints help when a check fails. When you are ready, compare your code with this solution.
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