The two-body scattering problem is solved exactly for a single and a superposition of two δ-potentials. Conditions for the existence of bound states and resonances are investigated for these kinds of potentials.
The covariant single-time equations of the quantum field theory are formulated in the relativistic configurational representation. The explicit formulae for the Green functions corresponding to the scattering states are calculated in this representation. Using the derived nonhomogeneous equations the scattering problem is solved exactly for certain potentials (combinations of zero-range potentials). The equations and their solutions are studied in the non-relativistic limit. The conditions of total reflection, available for such potentials, are investigated.
Abstract We proceed in this chapter to discuss scattering theory and related aspects of the bound-state problem in quaternionic quantum mechanics. We begin with a detailed discussion of a simple one-dimensional example, the delta function potential model. From this model will emerge the result (Adler, 1988) that will be the principal theme of this and the succeeding two chapters: with the standard ray representative choice of Sec. 4.2, for short-range potentials the asymptotic scattering states and the S-matrix in quaternionic quantum mechanics are always complex ℂ(1, i).
In this paper it is shown that several cases of one-dimensional N-body problems are exactly soluble. The first case describes the motion of three one-dimensional particles of arbitrary mass which interact with one another via infinite-strength, repulsive delta-function potentials. It is found in this case that the stationary-state solution of the scattering of the three particles is analogous to an electro-magnetic diffraction problem which has already been solved. The solution to this analogous electro-magnetic problem is interpreted in terms of particles. Next it is shown that the problem of three particles of equal mass interacting with each other via finite- but equal-strength delta-function potentials is exactly soluble. This example exhibits rearrangement and bound-state effects, but no inelastic processes occur. Finally it is shown that the problem of N particles of equal mass all interacting with one another via finite- but equal-strength delta functions is exactly soluble. Again no inelastic processes occur, but various types of rearrangements and an N-particle bound state do occur. These rearrangements and the N-particle bound state are illustrated by means of a series of sample calculations.