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For low-energy s-wave scattering off a hard sphere of radius a=1a = 1, the phase shift is δ0=ka\delta_0 = -k a and the partial cross section is σ0=(4π/k2)sin2(δ0)\sigma_0 = (4\pi / k^2) \sin^2(\delta_0). With wavenumber k=0.2k = 0.2, what is σ0\sigma_0?