Absence of bound states implies non-negativity of the scattering length

DOI10.4171/JST/31zbMATH Open1250.81121arXiv1204.0435MaRDI QIDQ442471FDOQ442471

Authors: R. Seiringer 

Publication date: 11 August 2012

Published in: Journal of Spectral Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that bosons interacting via pair potentials with negative scattering length form bound states for a suitable number of particles. In other words, the absence of many-particle bound states of any kind implies the non-negativity of the scattering length of the interaction potential.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1204.0435

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zbMATH Keywords

bound statesscattering lengthSchrödinger operator

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with quantum mechanics (35Q40) Applications of functional analysis in quantum physics (46N50) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) (2)-body potential quantum scattering theory (81U05) Many-body theory; quantum Hall effect (81V70)

Cites Work

• The mathematics of the Bose gas and its condensation.
• The Stability of Matter in Quantum Mechanics
• The BCS critical temperature for potentials with negative scattering length
• The ground state energy of a dilute two-dimensional Bose gas.
• The existence of many-particle bound states despite a pair interaction with positive scattering length

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