Levinson’s theorem for the Dirac equation

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.70.2507MaRDI QIDQ4492154zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Nathan Poliatzky

Publication date 16 July 2000

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9302093

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Particular ordinary differential operators (Dirac, one-dimensional Schrödinger, etc.) (34L40) (2)-body potential quantum scattering theory (81U05)

Abstract: Levinson's theorem for the Dirac equation is known in the form of a sum of positive and negative energy phase shifts at zero momentum related to the total number of bound states. In this letter we prove a stronger version of Levinson's theorem valid for positive and negative energy phase shifts separately. The surprising result is, that in general the phase shifts for each sign of the energy do not give the number of bound states with the same sign of the energy (in units of $pi$), but instead, are related to the number of bound states of a certain Schr"odinger equation, which coincides with the Dirac equation at zero momentum.

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