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A simple expression for the differential cross section, based on the elastic approximation, is tested by a numerical comparison with a close-coupled quantal expression. When spin is uncoupled, the agreement is good, but spin coupling gives oscillations in the close-coupled results which are absent from the elastic results.
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R. H. G. Reid (1975) studied this question.
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