See also: [[Inelastic Scattering]] # Elastic Scattering Motivation: Working with the electron scattering to understand things. Elastic Scattering is a mechanism by which the kinetic energy of one particle is transferred to another. In the [[Center-of-Mass Reference Frame]], the kinetic energy of the system is constant while bother particle directions change, while in the [[Lab Reference Frame]] energy is not constant. [[Rutherford Scattering]] is the elastic scattering of charged particles via Coulomb interactions.