Completeness of the Coulomb scattering wave functions

DOI10.1140/EPJA/I2007-10613-1arXivnucl-th/0602006MaRDI QIDQ6502113FDOQ6502113

Authors: A. M. Mukhamedzhanov, Myles Akin 

Abstract: Completeness of the eigenfunctions of a self-adjoint Hamiltonian, which is the basic ingredient of quantum mechanics, plays an important role in nuclear reaction and nuclear structure theory. However, until now, there was no a formal proof of the completeness of the eigenfunctions of the two-body Hamiltonian with the Coulomb interaction. Here we present the first formal proof of the completeness of the two-body Coulomb scattering wave functions for repulsive unscreened Coulomb potential. To prove the completeness we use the Newton's method [R. Newton, J. Math Phys., 1, 319 (1960)]. The proof allows us to claim that the eigenfunctions of the two-body Hamiltonian with the potential given by the sum of the repulsive Coulomb plus short-range (nuclear) potentials also form a complete set. It also allows one to extend the Berggren's approach of modification of the complete set of the eigenfunctions by including the resonances for charged particles. We also demonstrate that the resonant Gamow functions with the Coulomb tail can be regularized using Zel'dovich's regularization method.

This page was built for publication: Completeness of the Coulomb scattering wave functions

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q6502113)