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The theory of light scattering for a system of linear molecules with anisotropic polarizabilities is considered. As a starting point for our theory, we express the result of a scattering experiment in VV and VH symmetry as dynamic…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Latz , M. Letz

We study the stationary scattering theory for the matrix Schr\"odinger equation on the half line, with the most general boundary condition at the origin, and with integrable selfadjoint matrix potentials. We prove the limiting absorption…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-12-21 Ricardo Weder

For a scattering problem of tight-binding Bloch electrons by a weak random surface potential, a generalized Levinson theorem is put forward showing the equality of the total density of surface states and the density of the total time delay.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-11-03 Hermann Schulz-Baldes

We construct a scattering theory for harmonic one-forms on Riemann surfaces, obtained from boundary value problems involving systems of curves and the jump problem. We obtain an explicit expression for the scattering matrix in terms of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-06-11 Eric Schippers , Wolfgang Staubach

I present a review of the recent advancements in scattering theory, which provides a unified approach to studying dispersive and hyperbolic equations with general interaction terms and data. These equations encompass time-dependent…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-08-27 Avy Soffer

We discuss how a standard scattering theory a of multi-particle theory generalises to systems based on Hamiltonians that involve higher-order derivatives in their quantum mechanical formulation. As concrete examples, we consider Hamiltonian…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-12-22 Andreas Fring , Bethan Turner

We consider mathematical models of the weak decay of the vector bosons $W^{\pm}$ into leptons. The free quantum field hamiltonian is perturbed by an interaction term from the standard model of particle physics. After the introduction of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-10-04 Benjamin Alvarez , Jérémy Faupin

Complex, non-Hermitian potentials V(x) can often generate standard quantum bound states. H. F. Jones [Phys. Rev. D 78, 065032 (2008)] demonstrated that the idea cannot directly be transferred to scattering. We reveal that a return to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-08-14 Miloslav Znojil

We sketch a derivation of abstract scattering theory from the microscopic first principles defined by Bohmian mechanics. We emphasize the importance of the flux-across-surfaces theorem for the derivation, and of randomness in the impact…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 Detlef Duerr , Sheldon Goldstein , Stefan Teufel , Nino Zanghi

Let $S(k)$ be the scattering matrix for a Schr\"odinger operator (Laplacian plus potential) on $\RR^n$ with compactly supported smooth potential. It is well known that $S(k)$ is unitary and that the spectrum of $S(k)$ accumulates on the…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2015-02-27 Jesse Gell-Redman , Andrew Hassell

We realise the number of bound states of a Schr\"{o}dinger operator on $\mathbb{R}^n$ as an index pairing in all dimensions. Expanding on ideas of Guillop\'{e} and others, we use high-energy corrections to find representatives of the…

K-Theory and Homology · Mathematics 2024-02-27 Angus Alexander

Explicit formulas for the analytic extensions of the scattering matrix and the time delay of a quasi-one-dimensional discrete Schr\"odinger operator with a potential of finite support are derived. This includes a careful analysis of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-01-25 Miguel Ballesteros , Gerardo Franco Córdova , Hermann Schulz-Baldes

The aim of the lecture is to briefly describe the mathematical background of scattering theory for two- and three-particle quantum systems. We discuss basic objects of the theory: wave and scattering operators and the corresponding…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-05-27 Dmitri Yafaev

We consider the scattering problem governed by the Helmholtz equation with inhomogeneity in both `conductivity' in the divergence form and `potential' in the lower order term. The support of the inhomogeneity is assumed to contain a convex…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-09-14 Fioralba Cakoni , Jingni Xiao

In the framework of one dimensional potential scattering we prove that, modulo a compact term, the wave operators can be written in terms of a universal operator and of the scattering operator. The universal operator is related to the one…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-08-12 Johannes Kellendonk , Serge Richard

A version of scattering theory that was developed many years ago to treat nuclear scattering processes, has provided a powerful tool to study universality in scattering processes involving open quantum systems with underlying classically…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2022-10-12 L. E. Reichl , G. Akguc

We present a one-dimensional scattering theory which enables us to describe a wealth of effects arising from the coupling of the motional degree of freedom of scatterers to the electromagnetic field. Multiple scattering to all orders is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-05-07 André Xuereb , Peter Domokos , János Asbóth , Peter Horak , Tim Freegarde

The problem of scattering of particles on the line with repulsive interactions, gives rise to some well-known integrable Hamiltonian systems, for example, the nonperiodic Toda lattice or Calogero's system. The aim of this note is to outline…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2012-07-13 Gianluca Gorni , Gaetano Zampieri

The purpose of these lectures is to give an accessible and self contained introduction to quantum scattering theory in one dimension. Part A defines the theoretical playground, and develops basic concepts of scattering theory in the time…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-11 Milan Šindelka

This paper develops a scattering theory for the asymmetric transport observed at interfaces separating two-dimensional topological insulators. Starting from the spectral decomposition of an unperturbed interface Hamiltonian, we present a…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-08-13 Binglu Chen , Guillaume Bal