Born Approximation

Quantum Mechanics · Part 8

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Table of Contents

  1. 1.The Scattering Setup
  2. 2.Lippmann-Schwinger Equation
  3. 3.The Free-Particle Green's Function
  4. 4.The First Born Approximation
  5. 5.Scattering Amplitude as Fourier Transform
  6. 6.Momentum Transfer
  7. 7.Spherically Symmetric Potentials
  8. 8.Iterative Structure of the Solution
  9. 9.Physical Picture

Key Equations

$$\psi(\vec{r}) \xrightarrow{r\to\infty} e^{i\vec{k}_i\cdot\vec{r}} + f(\theta,\phi)\,\frac{e^{ikr}}{r}$$
$$\left(\nabla^2 + k^2\right)G_0(\vec{r},\vec{r}\,') = \frac{2m}{\hbar^2}\,\delta^{(3)}(\vec{r}-\vec{r}\,')$$
$$|\vec{r} - \vec{r}\,'| \approx r - \hat{r}\cdot\vec{r}\,' \qquad \Rightarrow \qquad \frac{e^{ik|\vec{r}-\vec{r}\,'|}}{|\vec{r}-\vec{r}\,'|} \approx \frac{e^{ikr}}{r}\,e^{-i\vec{k}_f\cdot\vec{r}\,'}$$
$$|\vec{q}| = 2k\sin\!\left(\frac{\theta}{2}\right)$$

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