Paper 2, Section II, 36B
Part II, 2021
(a) The -wave solution for the scattering problem of a particle of mass and momentum has the asymptotic form
Define the phase shift and verify that .
(b) Define the scattering amplitude . For a spherically symmetric potential of finite range, starting from , derive the expression
giving the cross-section in terms of the phase shifts of the partial waves.
(c) For with , show that a bound state exists and compute its energy. Neglecting the contributions from partial waves with , show that
(d) For with compute the -wave contribution to . Working to leading order in , show that has a local maximum at . Interpret this fact in terms of a resonance and compute its energy and decay width.