Scattering from non-overlapping potentials. I. General formulation

Dan Agassi*, Avraham Gal

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Abstract

The problem of scattering from an assembly of non-overlapping spherical potentials is solved in partial-wave basis for each of the constituent potentials. The resulting scattering operator is a quotient of two infinite matrices and depends on "on-shell" partial wave amplitudes of the individual potentials. It suggests in general a truncation scheme which essentially considers only those partial waves effective for each collision at the given energy. The multiple-scattering series is recovered and limiting cases of low energy and high energy are considered. Applications to high-energy scattering of elementary particles on nuclei are briefly discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)56-76
Number of pages21
JournalAnnals of Physics
Volume75
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1973

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