Nonuniqueness of the phase shift in central scattering due to monodromy

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.101.070405zbMATH Open1228.81263arXiv0807.2489OpenAlexW2004646179WikidataQ51870260 ScholiaQ51870260MaRDI QIDQ3107624FDOQ3107624

Authors: H. R. Dullin, Holger Waalkens 

Publication date: 26 December 2011

Published in: Physical Review Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Scattering at a central potential is completely characterized by the phase shifts which are the differences in phase between outgoing scattered and unscattered partial waves. In this letter it is shown that, for 2D scattering at a repulsive central potential, the phase shift cannot be uniquely defined due to a topological obstruction which is similar to monodromy in bound systems.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0807.2489

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dispersion theory, dispersion relations arising in quantum theory (81U30)

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