Generalized point interactions for the radial Schrodinger equation via unitary dilations

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/28/4/031MaRDI QIDQ4889303zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Christopher J. Fewster

Publication date 22 January 1997

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9412050

zbMATH Keywords

inverse scattering constructionmomentum Pontryagin spacemultiplication operatorMøller wave operatorsrational \(S\)-matricessingle centre \(S\)-wave GPI modelsunitary dilations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Spaces with indefinite inner product (Kre?n spaces, Pontryagin spaces, etc.) (46C20) Dilations, extensions, compressions of linear operators (47A20) Scattering theory of linear operators (47A40) Applications of operator theory in the physical sciences (47N50) (S)-matrix theory, etc. in quantum theory (81U20) Inverse scattering problems in quantum theory (81U40)

Abstract: We present an inverse scattering construction of generalised point interactions (GPI) -- point-like objects with non-trivial scattering behaviour. The construction is developed for single centre $S$-wave GPI models with rational $S$-matrices, and starts from an integral transform suggested by the scattering data. The theory of unitary dilations is then applied to construct a unitary mapping between Pontryagin spaces which extend the usual position and momentum Hilbert spaces. The GPI Hamiltonian is defined as a multiplication operator on the momentum Pontryagin space and its free parameters are fixed by a physical locality requirement. We determine the spectral properties and domain of the Hamiltonian in general, and construct the resolvent and M{o}ller wave operators thus verifying that the Hamiltonian exhibits the required scattering behaviour. The physical Hilbert space is identified. The construction is illustrated by GPI models representing the effective range approximation. For negative effective range we recover a known class of GPI models, whilst the positive effective range models appear to be new. We discuss the interpretation of these models, along with possible extensions to our construction.

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