Scattering theory with both regular and singular perturbations (Q6146943)

Summary: We provide an asymptotic completeness criterion and a representation formula for the scattering matrix of the scattering couple \((A_{\mathsf{B}}, A)\), where both \(A\) and \(A_{\mathsf{B}}\) are self-adjoint operator and \(A_{\mathsf{B}}\) formally corresponds to adding to \(A\) two terms, one regular and the other singular. In particular, our abstract results apply to the couple \((\Delta_{\mathsf{B}}, \Delta)\), where \(\Delta\) is the free self-adjoint Laplacian in \(L^2 (\mathbb{R}^3)\) and \(\Delta_{\mathsf{B}}\) is a self-adjoint operator in a class of Laplacians with both a regular perturbation, given by a short-range potential, and a singular one describing boundary conditions (like Dirichlet, Neumann and semi-transparent \(\delta\) and \(\delta^{\prime}\) ones) at the boundary of an open, bounded Lipschitz domain. The results hinge upon a limiting absorption principle for \(A_{\mathsf{B}}\) and a Kreĭn-like formula for the resolvent difference \((-A_{\mathsf{B}}+z)^{-1}-(-A+z)^{-1}\) which puts on an equal footing the regular (here, in the case of the Laplacian, a Kato-Rellich potential suffices) and the singular perturbations.