Chapter 11: Q12P (page 416)
Calculate the total cross-section for scattering from a Yukawa potential, in the Born approximation. Express your answer as a function of E.
Short Answer
Therefore, the total cross section is,
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Chapter 11: Q12P (page 416)
Calculate the total cross-section for scattering from a Yukawa potential, in the Born approximation. Express your answer as a function of E.
Therefore, the total cross section is,
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Rutherford scattering. An incident particle of charge andkinetic energy scatters off a heavy stationary particle of charge .
(a) Derive the formula relating the impact parameter to the scattering angle. 2 Answer:
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(b) Determine the differential scattering cross-section. Answer:
(c) Show that the total cross-section for Rutherford scattering is infinite. We say that the potential has "infinite range"; you can't escape from a Coulomb force.
A particle of massand energyrole="math" localid="1656064863125" is incident from the left on the potential
(a) If the incoming wave is(where), find the reflected wave.
(b) Confirm that the reflected wave has the same amplitude as the incident wave.
(c) Find the phase shift(Equation 11.40) for a very deep well.
Use the Born approximation to determine the total cross-section for scattering from a Gaussian potential.
Construct the analogs to Equation 11.12 for one-dimensional and two-dimensional scattering.
Find the Green's function for the one-dimensional Schrödinger equation, and use it to construct the integral form (analogous to Equation 11.67).
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