Scattering theory with both regular and singular perturbations

Abstract

We provide an asymptotic completeness criterion and a representation formula for the scattering matrix of the scattering couple $(A_B,A)$, where both $A$ and $A_B$ are self-adjoint operator and $A_B$ formally corresponds to adding to $A$ two terms, one regular and the other singular. In particular, our abstract results apply to the couple $(Δ_B,Δ)$, where $Δ$ is the free self-adjoint Laplacian in $L^2(\mathbb{R}^3)$ and $Δ_B$ is a self-adjoint operator in a class of Laplacians with both a regular perturbation, given by a short-range potential, and a singular one describing boundary conditions (like Dirichlet, Neumann and semi-transparent $δ$ and $δ'$ ones) at the boundary of a open, bounded Lipschitz domain. The results hinge upon a limiting absorption principle for $A_B$ and a Krein-like formula for the resolvent difference $(-A_B+z)^{-1}-(-A+z)^{-1}$ which puts on an equal footing the regular (here, in the case of the Laplacian, a Kato-Rellich potential suffices) and the singular perturbations.