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We provide an overview of basic concepts, tools, and results of quantum field theoretical scattering theory. This article is prepared for the second edition of the Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics, edited by M. Bojowald and R.J. Szabo,…
We consider the operators $H_0=M_0^{-1}(x) P(D)$ and $H =M^{-1} (x) P(D)$ where $M_0 (x)$ and $M (x)$ are positively definite bounded matrix-valued functions and $P(D)$ is an elliptic differential operator. Our main result is that the wave…
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We make a relativistic extension of the one-dimensional J-matrix method of scattering. The relativistic potential matrix is a combination of vector, scalar, and pseudo-scalar components. These are non-singular short-range potential…
We develop a spectral analysis of a class of block Jacobi operators based on the conjugate operator method of Mourre. We give several applications including scalar Jacobi operators with periodic coefficients, a class of difference operators…
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