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On the Lax-Phillips scattering theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

W. O. Amrein  and
M. Wollenberg
W. O. Amrein
Affiliation:
Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
M. Wollenberg
Affiliation:
Academy of Sciences of the GDR, Central Institute for Mathematics and Mechanics, Mohrenstrasse 39, DDR-108 Berlin
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Synopsis

We give a simple description of the wave operators appearing in the Lax-Phillips scattering theory. This is used to derive a relation between the scattering matrix and a kind of time delay operator and to characterize all scattering systems having the same scattering operator.

Type
Research Article
Information
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 87 , Issue 3-4 , 1981 , pp. 219 - 230
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1981

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