Scattering shadows
We discuss the regions forbidden to classical scattering trajectories by repulsive potentials. We give explicit results for the asymptotic form of these regions, far from the scattering center, in terms of the scattering angle function. We account for divergent total cross sections on the basis of these results.
Authors
- G. S. Verma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2327-7953)
- Thomas Curtright (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7031-5604)
Institutions
- University of Miami (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Physics
- Published
- 2024-11-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0208720
- Primary Topic
- Material Properties and Failure Mechanisms
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Social Security Administration