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Scattering off a potential is a fundamental problem in quantum physics. It has been studied extensively with amplitudes derived for various potentials. In this article, we explore a setting with no potentials, where scattering occurs off a…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-04-21 Eric Tan , R. Ganesh

We derive an analytical expression for the scattering of a scalar wave from a perfectly conducting self-affine one dimensional surface in the framework of the Kirchhoff approximation. We show that most of the results can be recovered via a…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 Ingve Simonsen , Damien Vandembroucq , Stephane Roux

In this article we formulate and discuss one particle quantum scattering theory on an arbitrary finite graph with $n$ open ends and where we define the Hamiltonian to be (minus) the Laplace operator with general boundary conditions at the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Vadim Kostrykin , Robert Schrader

We consider a class of biharmonic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations with a focusing inhomogeneous power-type nonlinearity \[ i\partial_t u -\Delta^2 u+\mu\Delta u +|x|^{-b} |u|^\alpha u=0, \quad \left. u\right|_{t=0}=u_0 \in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-11-28 Van Duong Dinh , Sahbi Keraani

We develop a complete stationary scattering theory for Schr\"odinger operators on $\mathbb R^d$, $d\ge 2$, with $C^2$ long-range potentials. This extends former results in the literature, in particular [Is1, Is2, II, GY], which all require…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-08-07 K. Ito , E. Skibsted

We prove Levinson's theorem for scattering on an (m+n)-vertex graph with n semi-infinite paths each attached to a different vertex, generalizing a previous result for the case n=1. This theorem counts the number of bound states in terms of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-11-22 Andrew M. Childs , David Gosset

A multidimensional cosmological model with scalar and form fields [1-4] is studied. An exact S-brane solution (either electric or magnetic) in a model with l scalar fields and one antisymmetric form of rank m > 1 is considered. This…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-13 V. D. Ivashchuk , V. N. Melnikov

We study the theory of scattering for a Schr"odinger equation in an external time dependent magnetic field in the Coulomb gauge, in space dimension 3. The magnetic vector potential is assumed to satisfy decay properties in time that are…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 J. Ginibre , G. Velo

In this paper we survey some recent results concerning scattering and non-scattering in the context of the linear Helmholtz equation and inhomogeneities of nontrivial contrast. We examine isotropic as well as anisotropic media. Part of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-09 Fioralba Cakoni , Michael S. Vogelius

In this paper, we prove the decay and scattering in the energy space for nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations with regular potentials in $\Bbb R^d$ namely, $i{\partial _t}u + \Delta u - V(x)u + \lambda |u|^{p - 1}u = 0$. We will prove decay…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-03-13 Ze Li , Lifeng Zhao

We prove existence of a countable family of spherically symmetric self-similar wave maps from 3+1 Minkowski spacetime into the 3-sphere. These maps can be viewed as excitations of the ground state wave map found previously by Shatah. The…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-09-07 Piotr Bizoń

Starting from Post-Newtonian predictions for a system of $N$ infalling masses from the infinite past, we formulate and solve a scattering problem for the system of linearised gravity around Schwarzschild as introduced in [DHR19]. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-06 Lionor Kehrberger , Hamed Masaood

We study one-dimensional scattering for a decaying potential with rapid periodic oscillations and strong localized singularities. In particular, we consider the Schr\"odinger equation \[ H_\epsilon \psi := (-\partial_x^2 + V_0(x) +…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-10-01 Vincent Duchêne , Michael I. Weinstein

We study the Schr\"odinger-Debye system over $\mathbb{R}^d$ iu_t+\frac 12\Delta u=uv,\quad \mu v_t+v=\lambda |u|^2 and establish the global existence and scattering of small solutions for initial data in several function spaces in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-07-04 Simão Correia , Filipe Oliveira

We investigate the propagation of the scalar waves in the Witten space-time called "bubble of nothing" and in its remarkable sub-manifold, the Lorentzian Hawking wormhole. Due to the global hyperbolicity, the global Cauchy problem is…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-04-05 Alain Bachelot

This paper focuses on the Dysthe equation which is a higher order approximation of the water waves system in the modulation (Schr\"{o}dinger) regime and in the infinite depth case. We first review the derivation of the Dysthe and related…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-08-20 Razvan Mosincat , Didier Pilod , Jean-Claude Saut

We construct solutions with prescribed radiation fields for wave equations with polynomially decaying sources close to the lightcone. In this setting, which is motivated by semi-linear wave equations satisfying the weak null condition,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-24 Hans Lindblad , Volker Schlue

We consider the direct and inverse scattering problem for a penetrable, isotropic obstacle with a second-order Robin boundary condition, which asymptotically models the delamination of the boundary of the scatterer. We develop a direct…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-22 Govanni Granados , Isaac Harris , Andreas Kleefeld

A scattering event in a quantum field theory is a coherent superposition of all processes consistent with its symmetries and kinematics. While real-time simulations have progressed toward resolving individual channels, existing approaches…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-21 Nikita A. Zemlevskiy

In this paper we analyse the boundedness of solutions $\phi$ of the wave equation in the Oppenheimer--Snyder model of gravitational collapse in both the case of a reflective dust cloud and a permeating dust cloud. We then proceed to define…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-03-16 Frederick Alford