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Past exam of the theoretical physics II course of the University of Cambridge 2017 4 e Solution by
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Let and for , as required by the cosine form of the Jacobi-Anger expansion. For a central real potential, the Partial-wave S-matrix is . Splitting each shifted radial cosine into incoming and outgoing exponentials leaves its incoming coefficient unchanged and multiplies its outgoing coefficient by . Subtracting the incident plane wave givesComparing with the prescribed scattering amplitude convention yields the two-dimensional partial-wave scattering formula,Orthogonality gives and for , while all cross terms vanish. HenceThe multiplicities printed in this part are reversed. With those printed values and every , the purported free wave would be , rather than the required incident plane wave. The extra contains an incoming cylindrical wave, which cannot be absorbed into . The formulas above use the corrected multiplicities and therefore satisfy the specified scattering boundary condition.
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