Chapter 11: Q20P (page 419)
Use the Born approximation to determine the total cross-section for scattering from a Gaussian potential.
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Using first Born approximation for spherically symmetric potential, we calculated total cross-section:
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Chapter 11: Q20P (page 419)
Use the Born approximation to determine the total cross-section for scattering from a Gaussian potential.
Using first Born approximation for spherically symmetric potential, we calculated total cross-section:
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Prove Equation 11.33, starting with Equation 11.32. Hint: Exploit the orthogonality of the Legendre polynomials to show that the coefficients with different values of l must separately vanish.
Consider the case of low-energy scattering from a spherical delta function shell is.Whereandare constants. Calculate the scattering amplitude,, the differential cross-section,, and the total cross-section,.
Use the one-dimensional Born approximation (Problem 11.17) to compute the transmission coefficient for scattering from a delta function (Equation 2.114) and from a finite square well (Equation 2.145). Compare your results with the exact answers (Equations 2.141 and 2.169).
Prove the optical theorem, which relates the total cross-section to the imaginary part of the forward scattering amplitude:
Use your result in Problem 11.16 to develop the Born approximation for one-dimensional scattering (on the interval , with no "brick wall" at the origin). That is, choose, and assumeto evaluate the integral. Show that the reflection coefficient takes the form:
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