A constructive approach to stationary scattering theory

arXiv1302.4142MaRDI QIDQ6239693FDOQ6239693

Publication date: 17 February 2013

Abstract: In this paper we give a new and constructive approach to stationary scattering theory for pairs of self-adjoint operators

H_{0}

and

H_{1}

on a Hilbert space

m a t h c a l H

which satisfy the following conditions: (i) for any open bounded subset

D e l t a

of

m a t h b b R,

the operators

F E_{D} e l t a^{H_{0}}

and

F E_{D} e l t a^{H_{1}}

are Hilbert-Schmidt and (ii)

V = H_{1} - H_{0}

is bounded and admits decomposition

V = F^{*} J F,

where

F

is a bounded operator with trivial kernel from

m a t h c a l H

to another Hilbert space

m a t h c a l K

and

J

is a bounded self-adjoint operator on

m a t h c a l K .

An example of a pair of operators which satisfy these conditions is the Schr"odinger operator

H_{0} = - D e l t a + V_{0}

acting on

L^{2} (m a t h b b R^{u}),

where

V_{0}

is a potential of class

K_{u}

(see B.,Simon, {it Schr"odinger semigroups,} Bull. AMS 7, 1982, 447--526) and

H_{1} = H_{0} + V_{1},

where

V_{1} i n L^{i} n f t y (m a t h b b R^{u}) c a p L^{1} (m a t h b b R^{u}) .

Among results of this paper is a new proof of existence and completeness of wave operators

W_{p} m (H_{1}, H_{0})

and a new constructive proof of stationary formula for the scattering matrix. This approach to scattering theory is based on explicit diagonalization of a self-adjoint operator

H

on a sheaf of Hilbert spaces

E u S c r i p t S (H, F)

associated with the pair

(H, F)

and with subsequent construction and study of properties of wave matrices

w_{p} m (l a m b d a; H_{1}, H_{0})

acting between fibers

m a t h f r a k h_{l} a m b d a (H_{0}, F)

and

m a t h f r a k h_{l} a m b d a (H_{1}, F)

of sheaves

E u S c r i p t S (H_{0}, F)

and

E u S c r i p t S (H_{1}, F)

respectively. The wave operators

W_{p} m (H_{1}, H_{0})

are then defined as direct integrals of wave matrices and are proved to coincide with classical time-dependent definition of wave operators.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Perturbation theory of linear operators (47A55)

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