In reply to  Eric Walker's message of Fri, 23 Nov 2012 14:57:02 -0800:
Hi,
[snip]
>There was one detail I left out, because I didn't understand it -- Ron
>referred to the "classical turning point."  It almost sounded like he


I suspect that the "classical turning point" refers the distance from the
nucleus where an approaching positively charged particle has used up all it's
kinetic energy, and momentarily comes to a halt, before being ejected.

IOW the "bounce" distance.

Regards,

Robin van Spaandonk

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