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We present a computer program for the simulation of Mie scattering in case of arbitrarily large size parameters. The elements of the scattering matrix, efficiency factors as well as the corresponding cross sections, the albedo and the…
In this exploratory lattice study, low-energy scattering of the $(D\bar{D}^{*})^\pm$ meson system is analyzed using lattice QCD with $N_f=2$ twisted mass fermion configurations with three pion mass values. The calculation is performed…
We apply the general principles of effective field theories to the construction of effective interactions suitable for few- and many-body calculations in a no-core shell model framework. We calculate the spectrum of systems with three and…
Low-energy elastic and inelastic scattering in the Ps(1$s$)-Ps(2$s$) channel is treated in a four-body hyperspherical coordinate calculation. Adiabatic potentials are calculated for triplet-triplet, singlet-singlet, and singlet-triplet spin…
A new method for solving the configuration-space Faddeev equations for elastic p-d scattering below the deuteron-breakup threshold is described. Numerical solutions that demonstrate the convergence and accuracy of the method are given. The…
The Short-Time approximation is a method introduced to evaluate electroweak nuclear response for systems with $A\geq12$, extending the reach of first-principle many-body Quantum Monte Carlo calculations. Using realistic two- and three-body…
A direct method for the bound states and the low energy scattering from a circular and a spherical delta shell potentials is proposed and the results are compared with the one using the standard partial wave analysis developed for…
In many situations, the statistical properties of wave systems with chaotic classical limits are well-described by random matrix theory. However, applications of random matrix theory to scattering problems require introduction of system…
The understanding of few-nucleon systems at low energies is essential, e.g. for accurate predictions of element abundances in big-bang and stellar fusion. Novel effective field theories, taking only nucleons, or nucleons and pions as…
We present a simple method for obtaining elastic scattering phase shifts and cross sections from energies of atoms or ions in cavities. This method does not require calculations of wavefunctions of continuum states, is very general, and is…
Effective field theories have established themselves as key pillars of modern nuclear physics. They enable a quantitative understanding of the strong nuclear force, provided low-energy constants that parametrize short-distance physics can…
Low energy ion scattering is a technique to detect the energy of ions which are scattered from a surface. For noble gas ions, it is predominantly sensitive to the topmost surface layer due to strong neutralisation processes. Depending on…
The discrete energy-eigenvalues of two nucleons interacting with a finite-range nuclear force and confined to a harmonic potential are used to numerically reconstruct the free-space scattering phase shifts. The extracted phase shifts are…
The short-distance production of multi-particle states in high-energy nuclear reactions provides a unique way to study the low-energy properties of few-body systems. In particular, the production amplitude of multi-neutron systems is…
We present the study of the influence of the leading contribution from the kinetic energy of the Skyrme Lagrangian on the scattering of low energy nucleons. This classical kinetic energy for the 2-body system is computed using the product…
High precision angular distribution data of ($\alpha$,$\alpha$) elastic scattering are presented for the nuclei $^{89}$Y, $^{92}$Mo, $^{106,110,116}$Cd, $^{112,124}$Sn, and $^{144}$Sm at energies around the Coulomb barrier. Such data with…
The elastic $\alpha$-$^{12}$C scattering for $l=2$ at low energies is studied in an effective Lagrangian approach. We explicitly include two resonant $2_2^+$ and $2_3^+$ states of $^{16}$O in the scattering amplitudes and construct an $S$…
We present a particle-level model for calculating the radio scatter of incident RF radiation from the plasma formed in the wake of a particle shower. We incorporate this model into a software module ("RadioScatter"), which calculates the…
A method for automatic computation of parameter derivatives of numerically computed light scattering signals is demonstrated. The finite-element based method is validated in a numerical convergence study, and it is applied to investigate…
A model is presented of s-wave np elastic scattering as proceeding through an intermediate, off-shell dibaryon d*, with corrections to the npd vertex and d* propagator. The model relies on plausible conjectures and hypotheses to match…