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Quantum mechanics

Eugen Merzbacher

Chapter 13

Scattering - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

Problem 1

Using the first three partial waves, compute and display on a polar graph the differential cross section for an impenetrable hard sphere when the de Broglie wavelength of the incident particle equals the circumference of the sphere. Evaluate the total cross section and estimate the accuracy of the result. Also discuss what happens if the wavelength becomes very large compared with the size of the sphere.

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Problem 2

If the scattering potential has the translation invariance property $V(\mathbf{r}+\mathbf{R})=V(\mathbf{r})$, where $\mathbf{R}$ is a constant vector, show that in the first Born approximation, as in the exact formulation (Exercise 13.7), scattering occurs only when the momentum transfer $\mathbf{q}$ (in units of $\hbar$ ) equals a reciprocal lattice vector $\mathbf{G}$.

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