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THIS book gives a very complete account of the quantum theory of collisions. In an introductory chapter, some theorems of wave mechanics are stated. The following four chapters are devoted to such collisions in which the internal state of the colliding particles is not changed, even during the collision, that is, so to speak, collisions of rigid particles. First of all, the general formula for the scattering by a central field of force is derived. The case of a Coulomb field is discussed in greater detail. Then a chapter on electron spin is included, in which great care has been taken to explain the peculiar spin-wave-functions. Finally, the collision of two identical free particles and the important role of exchange therein is treated.
The Theory of Atomic Collisions.
By N. F. Mott Dr. H. S. W. Massey. (The International Series of Monographs on Physics.) Pp. xv + 283. (Oxford: Clarendon Press; London: Oxford University Press, 1933.) 17s. 6d. net.
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BETHE, H. Atomic Collisions. Nature 133, 363–364 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133363a0
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