Weber-Schafheitlin's type integrals with exponent 1
Explicit formulae for Weber-Schafheitlin's type integrals with exponent 1 are derived. The results of these integrals are distributions on R_+.
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Serge Richard
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The topological meaning of Levinson's theorem, half-bound states included
We propose to interpret Levinson's theorem as an index theorem. This exhibits its topological nature. It furthermore leads to a more coherent explanation of the corrections due to resonances at thresholds.
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On the spectrum of magnetic Dirac operators with Coulomb-type perturbations
We carry out the spectral analysis of singular matrix valued perturbations of 3-dimensional Dirac operators with variable magnetic field of constant direction. Under suitable assumptions on the magnetic field and on the perturbations, we obtain a limiting absorption principle, we prove the absence of singular continuous spectrum in certain intervals and state properties of the point spectrum. Constant, periodic as well as diverging magnetic fields are covered, and Coulomb potentials up to the physical nuclear charge Z<137 are allowed. The importance of an internal-type operator (a 2-dimensional Dirac operator) is also revealed in our study. The proofs rely on commutator methods.
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Levinson's theorem for Schroedinger operators with point interaction: a topological approach
In this note Levinson theorems for Schroedinger operators in R^n with one point interaction at 0 are derived using the concept of winding numbers. These results are based on new expressions for the associated wave operators.
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Topological boundary maps in physics: General theory and applications
The material presented here covers two talks given by the authors at the conference Operator Algebras and Mathematical Physics organised in Bucharest in August 2005. The first one was a review given by J. Kellendonk on the relation between bulk and boundary topological invariants in physical systems. In the second talk S. Richard described an application of these ideas to scattering theory. It leads to a topological version of the so-called Levinson's theorem.
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Some improvements in the method of the weakly conjugate operator
We present some improvements in the method of the weakly conjugate operator, one variant of the Mourre theory. When applied to certain two-body Schroedinger operators, this leads to a limiting absorption principle that is uniform on the positive real axis.
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A topological version of Levinson's theorem
In the framework of scattering theory, we show how the scattering matrix can be related to the projection on the bound states by an index map of K-theory. Pairings with appropriate cyclic cocyles lead naturally to a topological version of Levinson's theorem.
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Spectral and Propagation Results for Magnetic Schroedinger Operators; a C*-Algebraic Framework
We study generalised magnetic Schroedinger operators of the form H(A,V)=h(P^A)+V, where h is an elliptic symbol, P^A is the generator of the magnetic translations, with A a vector potential defining a variable magnetic field B, and V is a scalar potential. We are mainly interested in anisotropic functions B and V. The first step is to show that these operators are affiliated to suitable C*-algebras of (magnetic) pseudodifferential operators. A study of the quotient of these C*-algebras by the ideal of compact operators leads to formulae for the essential spectrum of H(A,V), expressed as a union of spectra of some asymptotic operators, supported by the quasi-orbits of a suitable dynamical system. The quotient of the same C*-algebras by other ideals give localization results on the functional calculus of the operators H(A,V), which can be interpreted as non-propagation properties of their unitary groups.
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On perturbations of Dirac operators with variable magnetic field of constant direction
We carry out the spectral analysis of matrix valued perturbations of 3-dimensional Dirac operators with variable magnetic field of constant direction. Under suitable assumptions on the magnetic field and on the pertubations, we obtain a limiting absorption principle, we prove the absence of singular continuous spectrum in certain intervals and state properties of the point spectrum. Various situations, for example when the magnetic field is constant, periodic or diverging at infinity, are covered. The importance of an internal-type operator (a 2-dimensional Dirac operator) is also revealed in our study. The proofs rely on commutator methods.
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Twisted Crossed Products and Magnetic Pseudodifferential Operators
There is a connection between the Weyl pseudodifferential calculus and crossed product C*-algebras associated with certain dynamical systems. And in fact both topics are involved in the quantization of a non-relativistic particle moving in R^n. Our paper studies the situation in which a variable magnetic field is also present. The Weyl calculus has to be modified, giving a functional calculus for a family of operators (positions and magnetic momenta) with highly non-trivial commutation relations. On the algebraic side, the dynamical system is twisted by a cocyle defined by the flux of the magnetic field, leading thus to twisted crossed products. We outline the interplay between the modified pseudodifferential setting and the C*-algebraic formalism at an abstract level as well as in connection with magnetic field.
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