9.P: Exercises
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- Consider a scattering potential of the form
Calculate the differential scattering cross-section, V0 for r<R , and is zero for r>R , where |V0|≪E=ℏ2k2/2m , and kR≪1 , the differential cross-section is isotropic, and that the total cross-section is
Suppose that the energy is slightly raised. Show that the angular distribution can then be written in the form
Obtain an approximate expression for δ -shell potential:
where s -wave phase-shift, k (where γ≫R−1 , tan(kR) is not close to zero then the tan(kR) is close to zero then resonance behavior is possible: i.e., k increases. Determine the approximate positions of the resonances (retaining terms up to order R . Obtain an approximate expression for the resonance width
Show that the resonances become extremely sharp as γ→∞ .
- Show that the differential cross-section for the elastic scattering of a fast electron by the ground-state of a hydrogen atom is
where a0 is the Bohr radius.
Contributors
Richard Fitzpatrick (Professor of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin)