The rigged Hilbert space approach to the Lippmann-Schwinger equation. Part II: The analytic continuation of the Lippmann-Schwinger bras and kets
arXiv:quant-ph/0603177 · doi:10.1088/0305-4470/39/15/009
Abstract
The analytic continuation of the Lippmann-Schwinger bras and kets is obtained and characterized. It is shown that the natural mathematical setting for the analytic continuation of the solutions of the Lippmann-Schwinger equation is the rigged Hilbert space rather than just the Hilbert space. It is also argued that this analytic continuation entails the imposition of a time asymmetric boundary condition upon the group time evolution, resulting into a semigroup time evolution. Physically, the semigroup time evolution is simply a (retarded or advanced) propagator.
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