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In physics, and especially scattering theory, the momentum-transfer cross section (sometimes known as the momentum-''transport'' cross section) is an effective scattering cross section useful for describing the average momentum transferred from a particle when it collides with a target. Essentially, it contains all the information about a scattering process necessary for calculating average momentum transfers but ignores other details about the scattering angle. The momentum-transfer cross section by : :::. The momentum-transfer cross section can be written in terms of the phase shifts from a partial wave analysis as : == Explanation == The factor of arises as follows. Let the incoming particle be traveling along the -axis with vector momentum :. Suppose the particle scatters off the target with polar angle and azimuthal angle plane. Its new momentum is :. By conservation of momentum, the target has acquired momentum :. Now, if many particles scatter off the target, and the target is assumed to have azimuthal symmetry, then the radial ( and ) components of the transferred momentum will average to zero. The average momentum transfer will be just . If we do the full averaging over all possible scattering events, we get :. ::::. :::: :::: :::: where the total cross section is :. Therefore, for a given total cross section, one does not need to compute new integrals for every possible momentum in order to determine the average momentum transferred to a target. One just needs to compute . 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Momentum-transfer cross section」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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