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page 1Scattering theory
Feynman diagram
pictorial representations of the behavior of subatomic particles
cross section
measure of probability that a specific process will take place in a collision of two particles
Yukawa potential
screened Coulomb potential that exponentially decays
potential barrier
area, where a potential exhibits a local maximum
resonance
peak located around a certain energy found in differential cross sections of scattering experiments
S-matrix
In physics, the '''S-matrix or scattering matrix''' is a matrix that relates the initial state and the final state of a physical system undergoing a scattering process. It is used in quantum mechanics, scattering theory and quantum field theory (QFT).
scattering theory
method for studying scattering of waves and particles
luminosity
number of particles per unit area per unit time times the opacity of the target
Born approximation
scattering theory
Delta potential
model of an energy potential in quantum mechanics
amplituhedron
thumb|Notional amplituhedron visualization
In mathematics and theoretical physics (especially twistor string theory), an amplituhedron is a geometric structure introduced in 2013 by Nima Arkani-Hamed and Jaroslav Trnka. It enables simplified calculation of particle interactions in some quantum field theories. In planar N = 4 supersymmetric Yang–Mills theory, also equivalent to the perturbative topological B model string theory in twistor space, an amplituhedron is defined as a mathematical space known as the positive Grassmannian.
Wick's theorem
theorem transforming derivatives into combinatorics problems applied in quantum field theory
Dyson series
perturbative expansion of the time evolution operator in the interaction picture
Solution of Schrödinger equation for a step potential
system in quantum mechanics
partial wave analysis
technique in quantum mechanics for solving scattering problems
optical theorem
theorem in physics
Regge theory
a method of analyzing scattering in quantum physics
Møller scattering
electron-electron scattering in quantum field theory
inverse scattering transform
method for solving some non-linear partial differential equations
Gelfand-Levitan-Marchenko equation
integral equation
scattering length
Concept in quantum mechanics
Furry's theorem
theorem in quantum physics that, in a theory preserving charge conjugation symmetry, a Feynman diagram consisting of a closed fermion loop connected to an odd number of vertices integrates to zero
Transfer-matrix method
Process used in optics and acoustics
Landau–Pomeranchuk–Migdal effect
reduction of the bremsstrahlung and pair production cross-energy phenome