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<math> \frac{d\sigma (\theta)}{d\Omega} \geq (\Im m[f_{k}(\theta)])^{2}.</math>
<math> \frac{d\sigma (\theta)}{d\Omega} \geq (\Im m[f_{k}(\theta)])^{2}.</math>


On the other hand, from the optical theorem we have
On the other hand, from the optical theorem states that


<math> \sigma =\frac{4\pi}{k} \Im m[f_{k}(\theta)].</math>
<math> \sigma =\frac{4\pi}{k} \Im m[f_{k}(0)],</math>


For a central potential, the scattering amplitude is
so that


<math>f_k(\theta) = \frac{1}{k}\sum_{l = 0}^{\infty}(2l + 1) e^{i\delta _{l}} \sin\delta _{l} P_{l} (\cos \theta),</math>
<math>\frac{d\sigma (0)}{d\Omega}\geq \frac{k^2\sigma ^{2}}{16\pi ^{2}}.</math>
 
and thus the differential cross section is
 
<math>\frac{d\sigma (\theta)}{d\Omega} = \frac{1}{k^2}\sum_{l = 0}^{\infty}\sum_{l^{\prime} = 0}^{\infty}(2l + 1)(2l^{\prime} + 1) e^{i(\delta _{l}- \delta _{l^{\prime}})} \sin\delta _{l}\sin\delta _{l'} P_{l} (\cos \theta)P_{l'} (\cos \theta)</math>
 
The total cross section is then
 
<math>\sigma = \frac{4\pi ^2}{k^2}\sum_{l = 0}^{\infty}(2l + 1) \sin^2\delta _{l}.</math>
 
Since <math> P_{l}(1)= 1\!</math> we can write
 
<math>\frac{d\sigma (0)}{d\Omega} = \frac{1}{k^2}\left [\sum_{l = 0}^{\infty}(2l + 1) e^{i\delta _{l}} sin\delta _{l}  \right ]^2=\frac{1}{k^2}\left [\sum_{l = 0}^{\infty}(2l + 1) \sin\delta _{l}\cos\delta _{l}  + i\sin^2\delta _{l}  \right ]^2</math>
 
<math>=\frac{1}{k^2}\left [\sum_{l = 0}^{\infty}(2l + 1) \sin\delta _{l}\cos\delta _{l}\right ]^2 +\frac{1}{k^2}\left [\sum_{l = 0}^{\infty}(2l + 1) \sin^2\delta _{l}  \right ]^2\geq \frac{1}{k^2}\left [\sum_{l = 0}^{\infty}(2l + 1) \sin^2\delta _{l}  \right ]^2 = \frac{k^2\sigma ^{2}}{16\pi ^{2}}.</math>


From this, it follows that <math>\sigma\leq \frac{4\pi}{k}\sqrt{\frac{d\sigma (0)}{d\Omega}}.</math>
From this, it follows that <math>\sigma\leq \frac{4\pi}{k}\sqrt{\frac{d\sigma (0)}{d\Omega}}.</math>


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Revision as of 23:58, 2 September 2013

The differential cross section is related to the scattering amplitude through

Since

we obtain

On the other hand, from the optical theorem states that

so that

From this, it follows that

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