Scattering in one dimension: The coupled Schrödinger equation, threshold behaviour and Levinson’s theorem

DOI10.1063/1.531762zbMATH Open0867.34072arXivquant-ph/9608032OpenAlexW3123844547MaRDI QIDQ5284674FDOQ5284674

Authors: K. A. Kiers, W. van Dijk 

Publication date: 22 January 1997

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

Abstract: We formulate scattering in one dimension due to the coupled Schr"{o}dinger equation in terms of the $S$ matrix, the unitarity of which leads to constraints on the scattering amplitudes. Levinson's theorem is seen to have the form $eta(0)=pi(n_b+1/2n-1/2N)$, where $eta(0)$ is the phase of the $S$ matrix at zero energy, $n_b$ the number of bound states with nonzero binding energy, $n$ the number of half-bound states, and $N$ the number of coupled equations. In view of the effects due to the half-bound states, the threshold behaviour of the scattering amplitudes is investigated in general, and is also illustrated by means of particular potential models.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9608032

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zbMATH Keywords

scattering amplitudesbound statesLevinson's theoremhalf-bound statesthreshold behaviourcoupled Schrödinger equationscattering in one dimension

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Scattering theory, inverse scattering involving ordinary differential operators (34L25) Particular ordinary differential operators (Dirac, one-dimensional Schrödinger, etc.) (34L40) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05)

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