Vol 3 - Landau, Lifshitz - Quantum mechanics - non-relativistic theory (3ed., 1991) · Problem 90.1

The Theory of Symmetry

Physics — Landau & Lifshitz · collisions-second-kind-cross-section-spin-orbit

Problem

Determine the total cross-section for collisions of the second kind, as a function of the kinetic energy

E

of the colliding atoms, for transitions pertaining to the spin-orbit interaction (L. D. Landau 1932).