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Integral equations of scattering in one dimension

Quantum Physics 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

A self-contained discussion of integral equations of scattering is presented in the case of centrally-symmetric potentials in one dimension, which will facilitate the understanding of more complex scattering integral equations in two and three dimensions. The present discussion illustrates in a simple fashion the concept of partial-wave decomposition, Green's function, Lippmann-Schwinger integral equations of scattering for wave function and transition operator, optical theorem and unitarity relation. We illustrate the present approach with a Dirac delta potential.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0103018,
  title  = {Integral equations of scattering in one dimension},
  author = {Vania E. Barlette and Marcelo M. Leite and Sadhan K. Adhikari},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0103018},
  year   = {2009}
}

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12 pages, accepted in American Journal of Physics

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