>>12884958Can you calculate still the chance for a single atom?
I feel like basically the force of interaction is like a potential well with a minimum at some distance betweem the atoms. At longer distances the atoms feel attraction, any closer are repelled with a stable point at "x amstrongs" between nuclei. Because atoms like to stick to make solids, even hydrogen likes to make molecules.
As the atom-bullet crosses through the wall its electron cloud will flutter, reacting very fast to the interactions, this force would be carried to the nuclei which is heavy but does respond, maybe after 1000 interactions or so the nuclei will experience significant deflection.
But what if its going really fast, like relativistic? Could an atom cross so fast that interactions dont have enough time to faze it?
