Transfer of Molecular Energies by Collision: Recent Quantum Treatments

Gianturco Bari, September 1978 CON TEN T S FOREWORD I NTRODUCTI ON Page 1. A RESUME OF QUANTUM MECHANICAL POTENTIAL SCATTERING 1. General formulation of the problem Page 5 1. Solutions of the radial equation 10 " 1. The method of partial waves 13 1. The Born appro~imation 18 1. Properties of the S-matrix: bound states and resonances 23 1.