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The Breit-Wigner series for noncompactly supported potentials on the line

Analysis of PDEs 2020-05-29 v1 Mathematical Physics Complex Variables math.MP Spectral Theory

Abstract

We propose a conjecture stating that for resonances, λj\lambda_j, of a noncompactly supported potential, the series jImλj/λj2\sum_j \operatorname{Im} \lambda_j/|\lambda_j|^2 diverges. This series appears in the Breit-Wigner approximation for a compactly supported potential, in which case it converges. We provide heuristic motivation for this conjecture and prove it in several cases.

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@article{arxiv.2005.13765,
  title  = {The Breit-Wigner series for noncompactly supported potentials on the line},
  author = {Aidan Backus},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.13765},
  year   = {2020}
}

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10 pages