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A microscopic derivation of the quantum mechanical formal scattering cross section

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arxiv quant-ph/0509010 v3 pith:CLFCPPCX submitted 2005-09-01 quant-ph math-phmath.MP

A microscopic derivation of the quantum mechanical formal scattering cross section

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keywords crossscatteringsectionderivationfirstmicroscopicappropriatebohmian
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We prove that the empirical distribution of crossings of a "detector'' surface by scattered particles converges in appropriate limits to the scattering cross section computed by stationary scattering theory. Our result, which is based on Bohmian mechanics and the flux-across-surfaces theorem, is the first derivation of the cross section starting from first microscopic principles.

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