THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM-MECHANICAL DEFINITIONS OF SCATTERING CROSS-SECTIONS AND THE PROBLEM OF THE CLASSICAL LIMIT

Authors
SEN D BASU AN SENGUPTA S
Citation
D. Sen et al., THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM-MECHANICAL DEFINITIONS OF SCATTERING CROSS-SECTIONS AND THE PROBLEM OF THE CLASSICAL LIMIT, Physics letters. A, 184(2), 1994, pp. 159-162
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03759601
Volume
184
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
159 - 162
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(1994)184:2<159:TDBTCA>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
A critical analysis of the difference between the classical and quantu m mechanical definitions of scattering cross sections for particles is presented. This leads to a clarification of the classical limit probl em and suggests precise criteria for its validity. In particular these criteria are derived for both finite and infinite range potentials.