Overview
- Provides a well-followed introduction to nonrelativistic scattering theory
- Deals with the interaction of quantum particles
- Presents the mathematical and physics-oriented aspects separately as much as possible
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book introduces the scattering theory of nonrelativistic systems, a standard tool for interpreting collision experiments with quantum particles at energies not too high. The goal is to explore the interaction between particles and their properties. The authors cover the basics of the theory through a detailed discussion of elastic scattering using the stationary Schrödinger equation and the Lippmann-Schwinger equation. These remarks are supplemented by a consideration of the time-dependent formulation of scattering theory. Selection rules for effective cross sections due to symmetries conditioned by the structure of the interparticle forces and the scattering of spin-polarized particles are discussed. The foundations for the treatment of inelastic processes are laid and explained by application to three-body and nucleotransfer processes.
In all chapters, the more technical, mathematical aspect and the more physics-oriented explanations are separated as far as possible. The explanations are well comprehensible and suitable to introduce the reader to the physics of impact processes.This book is a translation of the original German 1st edition Streutheorie in der nichtrelativistischen Quantenmechanik by Reiner M. Dreizler, Tom Kirchner & Cora S. Lüdde, published by Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature in 2018. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). The present version has been revised extensively with respect to technical and linguistic aspects by the authors. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Reiner M. Dreizler
Studied physics in Freiburg/Breisgau (Diploma) and at the Australian National University, Canberra (Ph.D.). Research Associate and Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main. Holder of the S. Lyson Endowed Professorship until retirement. Member DPG, EPS, Fellow APS. Field of research: many-body systems of quantum mechanics.
Tom Kirchner
Studied physics at Goethe University, Frankfurt/M (diploma and doctorate). Postdoctoral researcher at York University, Toronto, Canada and at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg. After a junior professorship in Theoretical Physics at TU Clausthal, return to York University, first as Assistant Professor, currently as Associate Professor. Member DPG, CAP, Fellow APS. Field of work: quantum dynamics of multi-particle coulomb systems, in particular atomic scattering processes.
Cora S. Lüdde
Studied physics at the Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main (diploma). After family break, re-entry into physics and computer science with focus on computer arithmetics. Experience and further education in didactics. Member of DPG. Field of work: application-oriented programming, creation of physics didactic software.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Quantum Collision Theory of Nonrelativistic Particles
Book Subtitle: An Introduction
Authors: Reiner M. Dreizler, Tom Kirchner, Cora S. Lüdde
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-65591-7
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-65590-0Published: 12 April 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-65591-7Published: 21 October 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 224
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Quantum Physics, Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory, Quantum Field Theories, String Theory