Representation of quantum mechanical resonances in the Lax-Phillips Hilbert space.

DOI10.1063/1.1310359zbMATH Open1063.81091OpenAlexW2065312482MaRDI QIDQ2731817FDOQ2731817

Authors: E. Eisenberg, Y. Strauss, L. Horwitz 

Publication date: 30 July 2001

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We discuss the quantum Lax-Phillips theory of scattering and unstable systems. In this framework, the decay of an unstable system is described by a semigroup. The spectrum of the generator of the semigroup corresponds to the singularities of the Lax-Phillips $S$-matrix. In the case of discrete (complex) spectrum of the generator of the semigroup, associated with resonances, the decay law is exactly exponential. The states corresponding to these resonances (eigenfunctions of the generator of the semigroup) lie in the Lax-Phillips Hilbert space, and therefore all physical properties of the resonant states can be computed. We show that the Lax-Phillips $S$-matrix is unitarily related to the $S$-matrix of standard scattering theory by a unitary transformation parametrized by the spectral variable $sigma$ of the Lax-Phillips theory. Analytic continuation in $sigma$ has some of the properties of a method developed some time ago for application to dilation analytic potentials. We work out an illustrative example using a Lee-Friedrichs model for the underlying dynamical system.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9709036

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of operator theory in the physical sciences (47N50) (2)-body potential quantum scattering theory (81U05) Scattering theory of linear operators (47A40)

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