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Natural Science Forum / Physics / Research / April 2008textbook on scattering
I am a student working on certain problems in quantum scattering and am on the lookout for a good, comprehensive and up to date textbook on the subject. Something that covers both classical and quantum scattering in depth and offers insights into modern techniques like inverse scattering etc. I shall be very thankful if somebody could help me out in this regard. > I am a student working on certain problems in quantum scattering and > am on the lookout for a good, comprehensive and up to date textbook on > the subject. Something that covers both classical and quantum > scattering in depth and offers insights into modern techniques like > inverse scattering etc. I shall be very thankful if somebody could > help me out in this regard. Two classic tomes. Perhaps not too up to date, but they may very well have what you need anyway. M. L. Goldberger & K. M. Watson, _Collision theory_ (1964) R. G. Newton, _Scattering theory of waves and particles_ (1966) Both should be in any good university library. The first one is available in a Dover edition. I was under the impression that the second one was as well, but now I can't find it anymore. Still, Newton's book should not be hard to find through Amazon or Abebooks. Hope this helps. Igor >> I am a student working on certain problems in quantum scattering and >> am on the lookout for a good, comprehensive and up to date textbook on [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >Hope this helps. 1966 and 1964 aren't my definition of up-to-date. Had the OP not made that requirement, I would have been more willing to supply some titles, as well (Igor's choices are excellent). Aside from that, classical and quantum scattering theory are well established and, to my knowledge, recent changes few. The OP didn't indicate his level of education; e.g., is this an undergraduate or post-graduate problem, or what the "certain problems" are. There is a myriad of books published with "Scattering Theory" or "Collision Theory" in their titles, and since the subject is vast, most books focus on more restricted areas; e.g., electron-atom, or atom-atom, molecular, or high-energy particle, ... scattering. To Igor's list I think some non-specialized books should be added: all editions of Schiff's "Quantum Mechanics", which gives an excellent classical approach in the earlier editions and a good introduction to the use of Green's function in the latest edition; Panofsky and Philips "Classical and Magnetism," an easy to digest treatment of electromagnetic scattering, but nearly all books on electrodynamics cover scattering; finally, Landau and Lifshitz's "Mechanics," which beautifully treats classical particle-scattering. |
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