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Radiation Conditions and Scattering Theory for N-Particle Schrödinger Operators

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Schrödinger Operators The Quantum Mechanical Many-Body Problem

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The correct form of radiation conditions is found in scattering problem for N-particle quantum systems. The estimates obtained allow us to give an elementary proof of asymptotic completeness for such systems in the framework of the theory of smooth perturbations.

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Yafaev, D. (1992). Radiation Conditions and Scattering Theory for N-Particle Schrödinger Operators. In: Balslev, E. (eds) Schrödinger Operators The Quantum Mechanical Many-Body Problem. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 403. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-55490-4_15

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