Phy5645/Cross Section Relation

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The differential cross section is related to the scattering amplitude through

Since

therefore,

On the other hand, from the optical theorem we have

For a central potential the scattering amplitude is

and, in terms of this, the differential cross section is

The total cross section is

Since we can write

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