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Scattering theory for Klein-Gordon equations with non-positive energy

Mathematical Physics 2015-05-27 v2 Analysis of PDEs math.MP Spectral Theory

Abstract

We study the scattering theory for charged Klein-Gordon equations: {arrayl(\pt\iv(x))2ϕ(t,x)ϵ2(x,Dx)ϕ(t,x)=0,[2mm]ϕ(0,x)=f0,[2mm]\i1\ptϕ(0,x)=f1,array.\{{array}{l} (\p_{t}- \i v(x))^{2}\phi(t,x) \epsilon^{2}(x, D_{x})\phi(t,x)=0,[2mm] \phi(0, x)= f_{0}, [2mm] \i^{-1} \p_{t}\phi(0, x)= f_{1}, {array}. where: ϵ2(x,Dx)=1j,kn(\pxj\ibj(x))Ajk(x)(\pxk\ibk(x))+m2(x),\epsilon^{2}(x, D_{x})= \sum_{1\leq j, k\leq n}(\p_{x_{j}} \i b_{j}(x))A^{jk}(x)(\p_{x_{k}} \i b_{k}(x))+ m^{2}(x), describing a Klein-Gordon field minimally coupled to an external electromagnetic field described by the electric potential v(x)v(x) and magnetic potential b(x)\vec{b}(x). The flow of the Klein-Gordon equation preserves the energy: h[f,f]:=\rrnfˉ1(x)f1(x)+fˉ0(x)ϵ2(x,Dx)f0(x)fˉ0(x)v2(x)f0(x)\dx. h[f, f]:= \int_{\rr^{n}}\bar{f}_{1}(x) f_{1}(x)+ \bar{f}_{0}(x)\epsilon^{2}(x, D_{x})f_{0}(x) - \bar{f}_{0}(x) v^{2}(x) f_{0}(x) \d x. We consider the situation when the energy is not positive. In this case the flow cannot be written as a unitary group on a Hilbert space, and the Klein-Gordon equation may have complex eigenfrequencies. Using the theory of definitizable operators on Krein spaces and time-dependent methods, we prove the existence and completeness of wave operators, both in the short- and long-range cases. The range of the wave operators are characterized in terms of the spectral theory of the generator, as in the usual Hilbert space case.

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@article{arxiv.1101.2145,
  title  = {Scattering theory for Klein-Gordon equations with non-positive energy},
  author = {Christian Gérard},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.2145},
  year   = {2015}
}