Day 500: Partial Wave Analysis

Learning Objectives

• •**Expand** a plane wave in spherical harmonics and Bessel functions
• •**Solve** the radial Schrödinger equation for each partial wave
• •**Define** and calculate phase shifts from asymptotic behavior
• •**Express** the scattering amplitude in terms of phase shifts
• •**Construct** the S-matrix and verify unitarity
• •**Apply** partial wave analysis to simple potentials

Today's Schedule (7 hours)