Quantum scattering in two dimensions
- 1 April 1986
- journal article
- Published by American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) in American Journal of Physics
- Vol. 54 (4) , 362-367
- https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14623
Abstract
A self‐contained discussion of nonrelativistic quantum mechanical potential scattering in two dimensions is presented. The discussion includes, among other topics, partial wave decomposition in coordinate and momentum space, Lippmann–Schwinger integral equations of scattering for the scattering wavefunction and the transition operator, optical theorem, and the unitarity relation for the transition operator. The present definition of the scattering amplitude in terms of the asymptotic wavefunction differs from the usual definition. The present definition has certain advantages, for example, in writing the optical theorem and in studying the analytical properties of the scattering amplitude.Keywords
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