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Multiparticle quantum scattering with applications to nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics

By Truhlar D.G. , Simon B. (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
1997
ISBN
0387949992, 9780387949994
LCC
QC173.4.M85 T78 1997
Open Library ID
OL657340M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (3641666 bytes)
Series
The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications
Pages
417\417
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
600
Time added
2011-07-22 07:35:22

Description

The topics in this volume include the ideas of mathematicians, physicists and chemists in the area of multiparticle scattering theory. Scattering theory (or collision theory as it is often called) is a fundamental area of theory and computation in both physics and chemistry. The correct formulation of scattering theory for two-body collisions is now well worked out, but systems with three or more particles still present fundamental unmet challenges, both in the formulations of the problem and in the interpretation of computational results. A key issue in the mathematical foundations is asymptotic completeness, which says that any state of a quantum system is a superposition of bound and scattering states. Key issues on the physical side are concerned with boundary conditions, electromagnetic fields, effective potentials and resonances.

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