Uniform analytic approximation of Wigner rotation matrices

DOI10.1063/1.5012583MaRDI QIDQ4607673zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Scott E. Hoffmann

Publication date 14 March 2018

Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.11282

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic approximations, asymptotic expansions (steepest descent, etc.) (41A60) Bessel and Airy functions, cylinder functions, ({}_0F_1) (33C10) (2)-body potential quantum scattering theory (81U05) Special relativity (83A05)

Abstract: We derive the leading asymptotic approximation, for low angle { heta}, of the Wigner rotation matrix elements $d_{m_1{m}_2}^j(heta)$, uniform in $j,m_1$ and $m_2$. The result is in terms of a Bessel function of integer order. We numerically investigate the error for a variety of cases and find that the approximation can be useful over a significant range of angles. This approximation has application in the partial wave analysis of wavepacket scattering.

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