Polynomial bound on the number of scattering poles (Q791047)

In this paper it is shown that the number of the poles of the scattering matrix associated to the operator \(\Delta +V\) is of polynomial growth, where V is an infinitely differentiable potential with compact support. More precisely, let \(\{\lambda_ j\}\) be the set of poles, and let \(N(T)=\max \{j| | \lambda_ j|<T\}.\)- It is shown that there exist constants C, \(p>0\) with \(N(T)\leq C(1+T)^ p.\) To prove this result, the integral operator \(H(\lambda)u(x)=\int \rho(x)e_{\lambda}(x,y)V(y)u(y)dy\) is considered, where \(e_{\lambda}\) is the fundamental solution of the Helmholtz equation, and where \(\rho\) is a cut-off function. It is shown that \(H(\lambda)^ k\) is trace class for k sufficiently large. The result is obtained from growth estimates for the entire function \(h(\lambda)=\det(I-H(\lambda))^ k.\)- Also, Poisson-type formulas for the fundamental solution of the wave equation and the trace of the solution operator to the wave equation are discussed.