The Rutherford experiment proved that the Thomson model was incorrect and the Rutherford model was the right one, this because the $\alpha$ particles were deflected by the nucleus and in the Thomson model this was not possible. The question is: since in the Thomson model we have the electrons, which have negative charge, why an $\alpha$ particle shouldn't be deflected? I know that the total charge in Thomson model is $0$ so there is no Coulomb interaction, but $\alpha$ particles maybe could touch the electrons and like a classical collision change their trajectory. Is it possible that $\alpha$ particles and electrons touch each other and change their trajectories not only beacuse of Coulomb interaction but also beacuse they "touch", like a neutron against another neutron? All this not considering MQ which did not exist at the time of Rutherford experiment, so particles were just particles and not waves.
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