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Scattering of quantized solitary waves in the cubic Schrödinger equation

L. Dolan

  • Laboratory for Nuclear Science and Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

Phys. Rev. D 13, 528 – Published 15 January, 1976

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.13.528

Abstract

The quantum mechanics for N particles interacting via a δ-function potential in one space dimension and one time dimension is known. The second-quantized description of this system has for its Euler-Lagrange equations of motion the cubic Schrödinger equation. This nonlinear differential equation supports solitary wave solutions. A quantization of these solitons reproduces the weak-coupling limit to the known quantum mechanics. The phase shift for two-body scattering and the energy of the N-body bound state is derived in this approximation. The nonlinear Schrödinger equation is contrasted with the sine-Gordon theory in respect to the ideas which the classical solutions play in the description of the quantum states.

Comments & Replies

Comment on the semiclassical N-soliton S matrix

E. Tomboulis and G. Woo
Phys. Rev. D 13, 2441 (1976)

Original Article

Semiclassical scattering of quantized nonlinear waves

R. Jackiw and G. Woo
Phys. Rev. D 12, 1643 (1975)

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