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Spectral theory of discontinuous functions of self-adjoint operators and scattering theory

Alexander Pushnitski, Dimitri Yafaev (Author to contact preferably) 1

Journal of Functional Analysis 259, 8 (2010) 1950-1973

Abstract: In the smooth scattering theory framework, we consider a pair of self-adjoint operators $H_0$, $H$ and discuss the spectral projections of these operators corresponding to the interval $(-\infty,\lambda)$. The purpose of the paper is to study the spectral properties of the difference $D(\lambda)$ of these spectral projections. We completely describe the absolutely continuous spectrum of the operator $D(\lambda)$ in terms of the eigenvalues of the scattering matrix $S(\lambda)$ for the operators $H_{0}$ and $H$. We also prove that the singular continuous spectrum of the operator $D(\lambda)$ is empty.

  • 1:  Institut de Recherche Mathématique de Rennes (IRMAR)
  • CNRS : UMR6625 – Université de Rennes 1 – École normale supérieure de Cachan - ENS Cachan – Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA) : - RENNES – Université de Rennes II - Haute Bretagne
  • Domain : Mathematics/Spectral Theory
    Mathematics/Functional Analysis
  • Keywords : scattering matrix – Carleman operator – absolutely continuous spectrum – spectral projections
  • Comment : 21 page – Latex
 
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  • Submitted on: Tuesday, 9 February 2010 17:10:36
  • Updated on: Tuesday, 12 June 2012 17:10:07