Web Material:  Scattering

• Elastic scattering
• Scattering by a central potential
• Free spherical waves
• Partial waves in a spherically symmetric potential
• The scattering cross section in terms of phase shifts
• The behavior of the cross section near resonances
• Scattering length and effective range
• Frame transformations
• Integral scattering equation for stationary states
• The Born approximation

Additional Material:

• Cohen-Tannoudji, Chapter VIII and Complements A_VIII and C_VIII
• Sakurai, Chapters 7.1-7.8
• Numerical work:  Program 3, Program 4, Program 5

• Assignment 7
  • Solutions