Vol 3 - Landau, Lifshitz - Quantum mechanics - non-relativistic theory (3ed., 1991) · Problem Problem 1 (§126)

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Physics — Landau & Lifshitz · born-approximation-spherical-well

Problem

Determine, in the Born approximation, the scattering cross-section for a spherical potential well:

U = -U_0

for

r < a

U = 0

for

r > a