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For a purely s-wave (isotropic) scatterer with wavenumber k=2k = 2 and phase shift δ0=0.5\delta_0 = 0.5 rad, the scattering amplitude has f2=(1/k2)sin2(δ0)|f|^2 = (1/k^2) \sin^2(\delta_0), and the total cross section is σ=4πf2\sigma = 4 \pi |f|^2. What is σ\sigma?