We performed scattering experiments using a rubidium (Rb) atomic beam on paraffin films and measured the angular and velocity distributions of scattered atoms. The paraffin films were prepared in various ways and characterized by atomic force microscopy and X-ray diffraction. The films exhibited various roughnesses and crystal structures. The paraffin films preserved the spin polarization of the scattered atoms. The measured angular distributions of all prepared films were consistent with Knudsen's cosine law. The velocity distributions were well fitted by Maxwell's distribution, characterized by a temperature much closer to the film temperature than to the atomic-beam temperature. We therefore concluded that the Rb atoms were well thermalized with the paraffin films via single scattering events. * hatakeya@cc.tuat.ac.jp 1 arXiv:1807.02329v1 [physics.atom-ph]
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