Scattering theory for some non-self-adjoint operators

Nicolas Frantz

Published 2023-02-15Version 1

We consider a non-self-adjoint $H$ given as the perturbation of a self-adjoint operator $H_0$. We suppose that $H$ is of the form $H=H_0+CWC$ where $C$ is a bounded metric operator, relatively compact with respect to $H_0$, and $W$ is bounded. We suppose that $C(H_0-z)^{-1}C$ is uniformly bounded in $z\in\mathbb{C}\setminus\mathbb{R}$. We define the regularized wave operators associated to $H$ and $H_0$ by $W_\pm(H,H_0) := \displaystyle\mathrm{slim}_{t\rightarrow\infty} e^{\pm itH}r_\mp(H)\Pi_\mathrm{p}(H^\star)^\perp e^{\mp itH_0}$ where $\Pi_\mathrm{p}(H^\star)$ is the projection onto the direct sum of all the generalized eigenspace associated to eigenvalue of $H^\star$ and $r_\mp$ is a rational function that regularizes the `incoming/outgoing spectral singularities' of $H$. We prove the existence and study the properties of the regularized wave operators. In particular we show that they are asymptotically complete if $H$ does not have any spectral singularity.