intermediate-energy proton-proton scattering

intermediate-energy proton-proton scattering

[‚in·tər¦mē·dē·ət ′en·ər·jē ¦prō‚tän ¦prō‚tän ‚skad·ər·iŋ] (nuclear physics) An elastic collision of a proton having an energy from 10 to 440 megaelectronvolts with another proton (usually the nucleus of a hydrogen atom).