Spectral and scattering theory for space-cutoff \(P(\varphi )_{2}\) models with variable metric (Q1002374)

The authors consider space-cutoff \(P(\varphi )_{2}\) models of quantum field theory with a variable metric of the form \[ H = \text{d }\Gamma(\omega) + \int_{\mathbb R}g(x) : P(x,\varphi(x)): \text{d}x \] on the bosonic Fock space \(L^{2}({\mathbb R})\), where the kinetic energy \(\omega = \sqrt{h}\) is the square root of a real second order differential operator \[ h = Da(x)D + c(x), \] where the coefficients \(a(x)\), \(c(x)\) tend respectively to 1 and \(m ^{2}_{\infty }\) at \(\infty\) for some \(m_{\infty } > 0\). The interaction term \(\int_{\mathbb R} g(x) : P(x, {\varphi}(x)) : \text{d}x\) is defined using a polynomial in \(\lambda\) with variable coefficients \(P(x,\lambda)=\sum_{p=0}^{2n}a_p(x)\lambda^p, a_{2n}(x)\equiv a_{2n}>0\) and a function \(g\geq 0, \forall x\in {\mathbb R}\) decaying fast enough at infinity. It is shown that \(H\) is essentially self-adjoint, bounded from below, and operator \(H\) has a ground state. The essential spectrum of \(H\) equals to \([\inf\sigma(H)+m_\infty,\infty)\). The authors prove a Mourre estimate outside a set of thresholds and prove the existence of asymptotic fields. The main result is the asymptotic completeness of the scattering theory, which means that the CCR representation given by the asymptotic fields is of Fock type, with the asymptotic vacua equal to bound states of \(H\). As a consequence \(H\) is unitarily equivalent to a collection of second quantized Hamiltonians. An important role in the proofs is played by the higher order estimates (due to L.Rosen), which allow to control powers of the number operator by powers of the resolvent. An example of these estimates being the bound \(\|N^\alpha(H+b)^\alpha\| < \infty, \alpha\in {\mathbb N}\). To obtain these estimates some properties of eigenfunctions and generalized eigenfunctions are investigated. Discussion of similar models in higher space dimensions where the interaction has an ultraviolet cutoff is included.