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A self-contained discussion of nonrelativistic quantum scattering is presented in the case of central potentials in one space dimension, which will facilitate the understanding of the more complex scattering theory in two and three…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 Vania E. Barlette , Marcelo M. Leite , Sadhan K. Adhikari

In quantum mechanics textbooks, a single-particle scattering theory is introduced. In the present work, a generalized scattering theory is presented, which can be in principle applied to the scattering problems of arbitrary number of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-06 Huai-Yu Wang

The scattering of scalar waves by a set of scatterers is considered. It is proven that the scattered field can be represented as an integral supported by any smooth surface enclosing the scatterers. This is a generalization of the series…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-10-22 Didier Felbacq , Anthony Gourdin , Emmanuel Rousseau

Scattering of electromagnetic waves lies at the heart of most experimental techniques over nearly the entire electromagnetic spectrum, ranging from radio waves to optics and X-rays. Hence, deep insight into the basics of scattering theory…

Scattering off a potential is a fundamental problem in quantum physics. It has been studied extensively with amplitudes derived for various potentials. In this article, we explore a setting with no potentials, where scattering occurs off a…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-04-21 Eric Tan , R. Ganesh

This paper concerns diffraction-tomographic reconstruction of an object characterized by its scattering potential. We establish a rigorous generalization of the Fourier diffraction theorem in arbitrary dimension, giving a precise relation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-30 Clemens Kirisits , Michael Quellmalz , Eric Setterqvist

For a general complex scattering potential defined on a real line, we show that the equations governing invisibility of the potential are invariant under the combined action of parity and time-reversal (PT) transformation. We determine the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-03-12 Ali Mostafazadeh

One-dimensional scattering problem admitting a complex, PT-symmetric short-range potential V(x) is considered. Using a Runge-Kutta-discretized version of Schroedinger equation we derive the formulae for the reflection and transmission…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Miloslav Znojil

A generalized anisotropic-diffusion framework is developed for transport problem in media described by a tensorial scattering coefficient and a scalar Henyey--Greenstein asymmetry factor. In this regime the classical similarity relation…

Optics · Physics 2026-02-24 Ernesto Pini , Michele Giusfredi , Lorenzo Pattelli

This paper provides an analysis of radio wave scattering for frequencies ranging from the microwave to the Terahertz band (e.g., 1 GHz - 1 THz), by studying the scattering power reradiated from various types of materials with different…

Based on the concept of complementary media, we propose a novel design which can enhance the electromagnetic wave scattering cross section of an object so that it looks like a scatterer bigger than the scale of the device. Such a…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-13 Tao Yang , Huanyang Chen , Xudong Luo , Hongru Ma

We develop a geometric scattering theory for a geometrically finite group acting on (a vector bundle over) a symmetric space of negative curvature. In particular, we obtain the meromorphic continuation of Eisenstein series and scattering…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-11-28 Ulrich Bunke , Martin Olbrich

The theory of acoustic wave scattering by many small bodies is developed for bodies with impedance boundary condition. It is shown that if one embeds many small particles in a bounded domain, filled with a known material, then one can…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. G. Ramm

The standard scattering theory (SST) in non relativistic quantum mechanics (QM) is analyzed. Self-contradictions of SST are deconstructed. A direct way to calculate scattering probability without introduction of a finite volume is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. K. Ignatovich

We formulate a multiple scattering theory of light in media spatially disordered along two directions and homogeneous along the third one, without making any paraxial approximation on the wave equation and fully treating the vector…

Optics · Physics 2018-08-06 Nicolas Cherroret

Infinitely rising one-dimensional potentials constitute impenetrable barriers which reflect totally any incident wave. However, the scattering by such kind of potentials is not structureless: resonances may occur for certain values of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-27 E. M. Ferreira , J. Sesma

Spatial field correlation functions represent a key quantity for the description of mesoscopic phenomena in disordered media and the optical characterization of complex materials. Yet many aspects related to the vector nature of light waves…

Optics · Physics 2014-02-03 Kevin Vynck , Romain Pierrat , Rémi Carminati

The study of the scattering of electromagnetic waves by a linear isotropic medium with planar symmetry can be reduced to that of their TE and TM modes. For situations where the medium consists of parallel homogeneous slabs, one may use the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-25 Farhang Loran , Ali Mostafazadeh

Theory of scattering of massive chiral fermions in bilayer graphene by radial symmetric potential is developed. It is shown that in the case when the electron wavelength is much larger than the radius of the potential the scattering…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-09-02 M. I. Katsnelson

We present a general formalism describing a propagation of an arbitrary multiparticle wave packet in a one-dimensional multimode chiral channel coupled to an ensemble of emitters which are distributed at arbitrary positions. The formalism…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-10-01 Mikhail Pletyukhov , Vladimir Gritsev