The aim of this research is to develop a method for expanding the Jost functions
as a Taylor-type power series on the complex angular momentum plane.
From this method in conjunction with the Watson transformation, we were
able to express the scattering amplitude as a sum of the background and pole
terms, furthermore, this method propose a way of evaluating, numerically,
the pole term. To demonstrate how this method may be applied, we considered
the Born approximation. We found out that the developed method
improved the Born approximation at large scattering angles. Therefore, this
method is useful when the di fferential cross section of the background term
fails to converge to that of the exact diff erential cross section at large scattering
angles. / Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2016. / National Research Foundation (NRF) / Physics / MSc
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:up/oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/52597 |
| Date | January 2016 |
| Creators | Tshipi, John Tshegofatso |
| Contributors | Rakitianski, Sergei A. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Rights | © 2016, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. |
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