Scattering by magnetic fields

DOI10.1090/S1061-0022-06-00934-4MaRDI QIDQ5485845zbMATHFDO

Authors Dmitri Yafaev

Publication date 4 September 2006

Published in St. Petersburg Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0501544

zbMATH Keywords

scattering matrixgauge transformationslong-range Aharonov-Bohm effect

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Scattering theory for PDEs (35P25) Applications of operator theory in the physical sciences (47N50) (2)-body potential quantum scattering theory (81U05) Scattering theory of linear operators (47A40)

Abstract: Consider the scattering amplitude $s(omega,omeg{a}^{p}rime;lambda)$, $omega,omeg{a}^{p}rimein{BbbS}^{d-1}$, $lambda>0$, corresponding to an arbitrary short-range magnetic field $B(x)$, $xin{BbbR}^d$. This is a smooth function of $omega$ and $omeg{a}^{p}rime$ away from the diagonal $omega=omeg{a}^{p}rime$ but it may be singular on the diagonal. If $d=2$, then the singular part of the scattering amplitude (for example, in the transversal gauge) is a linear combination of the Dirac function and of a singular denominator. Such structure is typical for long-range scattering. We refer to this phenomenon as to the long-range Aharonov-Bohm effect. On the contrary, for $d=3$ scattering is essentially of short-range nature although, for example, the magnetic potential $A^{(tr)}(x)$ such that $mcurl{A}^{(tr)}(x)=B(x)$ and $<A^{(tr)}(x),x>=0$ decays at infinity as $|x{|}^{-1}$ only. To be more precise, we show that, up to the diagonal Dirac function (times an explicit function of $omega$), the scattering amplitude has only a weak singularity in the forward direction $omega=omeg{a}^{p}rime$. Our approach relies on a construction in the dimension $d=3$ of a short-range magnetic potential $A(x)$ corresponding to a given short-range magnetic field $B(x)$.

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