Scattering and bound states in Euclidean lattice quantum field theories (Q5956811): Difference between revisions

The problem of asymptotic completeness (AC) is the question whether all pure states can be interpreted in terms of scattering states of particles. The authors study here the two-body AC in massive Euclidean lattice quantum field theories. Schwinger \(n\)-point functions \(S_n(x_1,\dots, x_n)\), \(x_i\in \mathbb{Z}^{d+1}\) with \(d\geq 1\), and Bethe-Salpeter kernel \(K(k,p,q)\) are defined. Let \({\mathfrak H}_{bs}\) be the space containing one-particle bound states, and \({\mathfrak H}^{2(m+\delta_0)}\) the space of the states having energy less than \(2(m+\delta_0)\). They propose the following four hypotheses: H1: Existence of ``one particle states'' (i.e. \(\widehat{S}_2(p_0,{\mathfrak p}))\). H2: \(K\) is analytic in \(|\operatorname {Im} p_i|< \delta_i+ \varepsilon\), \(|\operatorname {Im} q_i|< \delta_i+ \varepsilon\), \(|\operatorname {Im} k_0|< m+\delta_0\) for \(\delta_i> 0\) \((i=0,1,\dots, d)\) and \(\varepsilon>0\). H3: \(K= \eta 1+\eta^2 K_1(k,p,q)\) for \(\eta\geq 0\), and \(K_1\) satisfies H2. H4: \({\mathfrak H}^{2(m+\delta_0)}\) basically consists of ``two-particle states''. The following theorem is proved: Theorem. \({\mathfrak H}^{2(m+\delta_0)}= ({\mathfrak H}_{\text{in,out}} \oplus {\mathfrak H}_{bs})\cap{\mathfrak H}^{2(m+\delta_0)}\) holds under H1, B2, and H4. If in addition H3 holds, \({\mathfrak H}^{2(m+\delta_0)}= {\mathfrak H}_{\text{in,out}}\cap {\mathfrak H}^{2(m+\delta_0)}\). The condition \(d=1\) makes the proof constructive.