Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1997-09-04
J.Math.Phys. 41 (2000) 8050-8071
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
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Scientific paper
10.1063/1.1310359
We discuss the quantum Lax-Phillips theory of scattering and unstable systems. In this framework, the decay of an unstable system is described by a semigroup. The spectrum of the generator of the semigroup corresponds to the singularities of the Lax-Phillips $S$-matrix. In the case of discrete (complex) spectrum of the generator of the semigroup, associated with resonances, the decay law is exactly exponential. The states corresponding to these resonances (eigenfunctions of the generator of the semigroup) lie in the Lax-Phillips Hilbert space, and therefore all physical properties of the resonant states can be computed. We show that the Lax-Phillips $S$-matrix is unitarily related to the $S$-matrix of standard scattering theory by a unitary transformation parametrized by the spectral variable $\sigma$ of the Lax-Phillips theory. Analytic continuation in $\sigma$ has some of the properties of a method developed some time ago for application to dilation analytic potentials. We work out an illustrative example using a Lee-Friedrichs model for the underlying dynamical system.
Eisenberg Eli
Horwitz Lawrence P.
Strauss Yosef
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