Long-range scattering of three-body quantum systems: asymptotic completeness

DOI10.1007/S00222-002-0247-6MaRDI QIDQ1401463zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Publication date 17 August 2003

Published in Inventiones Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00222-002-0247-6

PDEs in connection with quantum mechanics (35Q40) Scattering theory of linear operators (47A40) Applications of operator theory in the physical sciences (47N50) (n)-body potential quantum scattering theory (81U10)

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For generalized three-body quantum systems with long-range interactions asymptotic completeness is studied. The basic Hamiltonian is the Schrödinger operator with a potential of the form \(\sum_{a\in{\mathcal F}} V^a(x^a)\). \({\mathcal F}\) is a finite family of subspaces. The pair potentials \(V^a\) are assumed to be smooth real-valued functions satisfying \[ \partial^\beta_{x^a} V^a(x^a)= O(| x^a|^{-\mu-|\beta|}). \] Enss and Derezinski proved it for \(\mu> \sqrt{3}-1\). Gerard proved it for \(\mu\in ({1\over 2}, \sqrt{3}- 1]\) assuming spherical symmetry and a global virial condition. Wang proved it for \(\mu\in [{1\over 2}, \sqrt{3}- 1]\) and for pair potentials being positive at infinity. Yafaev gave counterexamples for any \(\mu\in (0,{1\over 2})\). In the present paper the central additional assumption for the spherical symmetric \(V^a\) is \[ V^a(x^a)\leq -c| x|^{-\mu}, \] for \(c>0\), \(| x^a|\geq R> 0\). Asymptotic completeness is proved for \(\mu\in({1\over 2}, \sqrt{3}- 1]\) without a virial condition and for negative upper bounds at infinity. The proof uses weak propagation estimates. For \(\mu\in(0,{1\over 2})\) a structure theorem provides a basis for the asymptotic completeness in this regime.

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