1 Nuclear dimensions 2 Nuclear size may be probed with scattering experiments, such as Rutherford's bombardment of a gold foil with alpha-particles which established the nuclear model of the atom, or electron scattering. Bombarding particles must have de Broglie wavelengths (given by p = h= ̧) smaller than the nuclear size of a few fm to actually probe the nuclear structure; this requires p ̧ 10¡...