Potential Scattering

Willi-Hans Steeb

Wen-Du Li, Wu-Sheng Dai

Inspired by general relativity, we suggest an approach for long-range potential scattering. In scattering theory, there is a general theory for short-range potential scattering, but there is no general theory for long-range potential scattering. This is because the scattering boundary conditions for all short-range potentials are the same, but for different long-range potentials, they are different. In this paper, by introducing tortoise coordinates, we convert long-range potential scattering to short-range potential scattering. This allows us to deal with long-range potential scattering as short-range potential scattering. An explicit expression of the scattering wave function for long-range potential scattering is presented, in which the scattering wave function is represented by the tortoise coordinate and the scattering phase shift. We show that the long-range potential scattering wave function is just the short-range potential scattering wave function with a replacement of a common coordinate by a tortoise coordinate. The approach applies not only to scattering but also applies to bound states. Furthermore, in terms of tortoise coordinates, we suggest a classification scheme for potentials. We also discuss the duality between tortoise coordinates.

Liao Yubo

The theory of scattering is a very important part of the quantum mechanics.The Born approximation and Eikonal approximation of the Scattering cross-section are calculated with the Gauss potential and Lenz-jensen potential under a particular incident energy.The results show that the bigger the Electronic energy is,the smaller the total scattering crossection is and the weaker the electron scattering of potential field is.There is little influence of potential to the energetic particle about the Lenz-jensen potential.And the majority of scattered particles are concentrated on a narrow range.

Iraj R. Afnan

With the central role played by scattering in any measurement on a quantum system, in this chapter we introduce the basic formulation of scattering theory for a central potential. As a simple application we consider scattering by a square-well, as well as the scattering by a Coulomb potential.