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AN ABSOLUTE DEFINITION OF PHASE SHIFT IN THE ELASTIC SCATTERING OF A PARTICLE FROM COMPOUND SYSTEMS

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4021572
It is argued that the projection of the target wave function on the total wave function of a scattered particle interacting with the target system provides a definition of the absolute phase shift including any multiples of pi . With this definition it can be proven rigorously that in the limit of zero energy for s-wave electrons scattered from atomic hydrogen, the triplet phase shift must approach a nonzero multiple of pi . It can be further shown that at least one pi of the phase shift is not related to the existence of a bound state of the H- ion. (auth)
Research Organization:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
NSA Number:
NSA-15-017553
OSTI ID:
4021572
Report Number(s):
NASA-TN-D-698
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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