Assignment XIII: QM Scattering

Due 12/2/2014
Graduate students only
1. Consider the spherical potential well
V (r) =

V0 for r < a
0 for r > a

(1)

For positve energies E the radial Schrodinger equation reads

for r < a and

h
2 d2 u l(l + 1)h2
+
u V0 u = Eu
2m dr 2
2mr 2

(2)

h
2 d2 u l(l + 1)h2

+
u = Eu
(3)
2m dr 2
2mr 2
for r > a. Let the well be 30 MeV deep and 2 fm wide. Use scattering boundary conditions
and calculate the scattering phase shifts for l=0, 1, 2, 3, 4 for energies between 10 and
40 MeV. Give the numerical accuracy of your answers.