MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Science Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996


Quantum scattering theory

Synopsis Scattering cross-section. The partial wave method: asymptotic solution, phase shifts. Cross-section as a function of the phase shifts. Optical theorem. Born approximation and the criteria for its applicability. Screened Coulomb potential and other applications. Scattering of identical particles, spin-dependent forces. Parity, symmetry and spin-dependent cross-sections. Scattering from a lattice impurity. Bound state and scattering-amplitude pole.


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