 Partial-wave expansion of a scattering amplitude (source code)

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= Partial-wave expansion of a scattering amplitude

For a central potential and the convention $S_l=1+2if_l=e^{2i\delta_l}$, the <scattering amplitude> is
$$
f(\theta)=\frac1k\sum_{l=0}^{\infty}(2l+1)f_lP_l(\cos\theta),
\qquad
f_l=e^{i\delta_l}\sin\delta_l.
$$
The identity $|S_l|=1$ is equivalent to $\operatorname{Im}f_l=|f_l|^2$.

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