Sphere on a plane: Two-dimensional scattering from a finite curved region

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2205.09603v2
• Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2022 06:34:24 GMT
• Title: Sphere on a plane: Two-dimensional scattering from a finite curved region
• Authors: James R. Anglin and Etienne Wamba
• Abstract summary: Non-relativistic particles that are effectively confined to two dimensions can in general move on curved surfaces. We show how semi-classical analysis explains the complex quantum differential cross section in terms of interference between two classical trajectories.
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• Abstract: Non-relativistic particles that are effectively confined to two dimensions can in general move on curved surfaces, allowing dynamical phenomena beyond what can be described with scalar potentials or even vector gauge fields. Here we consider a simple case of piecewise uniform curvature: a particle moves on a plane with a spherical extrusion. Depending on the latitude at which the sphere joins the plane, the extrusion can range from an infinitesimal bump to a nearly full sphere that just touches the plane. Free classical motion on this surface of piecewise uniform curvature follows geodesics that are independent of velocity, while quantum mechanical scattering depends on energy. We compare classical, semi-classical, and fully quantum problems, which are all exactly solvable, and show how semi-classical analysis explains the complex quantum differential cross section in terms of interference between two classical trajectories: the sphere on a plane acts as a kind of double slit.

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