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We study inverse scattering problems at a fixed energy for radial Schrödinger operators on \({\mathbb{R}^n}\), \({n \geq 2}\). First, we consider the class \({\mathcal{A}}\) of potentials q(r) which can be extended analytically in \({\Re z \geq 0}\) such that \({\mid q(z)\mid \leq C \ (1+ \mid z \mid )^{-\rho}}\), \({\rho > \frac{3}{2}}\). If q and \({\tilde{q}}\) are two such potentials and if the corresponding phase shifts \({\delta_l}\) and \({\tilde{\delta}_l}\) are super-exponentially close, then \({q=\tilde{q}}\). Second, we study the class of potentials q(r) which can be split into q(r) = q 1(r) + q 2(r) such that q 1(r) has compact support and \({q_2 (r) \in \mathcal{A}}\). If q and \({\tilde{q}}\) are two such potentials, we show that for any fixed \({a>0, {\delta_l - \tilde{\delta}_l \ = \ o \left(\frac{1}{l^{n-3}}\ \left({\frac{ae}{2l}}\right)^{2l}\right)}}\) when \({l \rightarrow +\infty}\) if and only if \({q(r)=\tilde{q}(r)}\) for almost all \({r \geq a}\). The proofs are close in spirit with the celebrated Borg–Marchenko uniqueness theorem, and rely heavily on the localization of the Regge poles that could be defined as the resonances in the complexified angular momentum plane. We show that for a non-zero super-exponentially decreasing potential, the number of Regge poles is always infinite and moreover, the Regge poles are not contained in any vertical strip in the right-half plane. For potentials with compact support, we are able to give explicitly their asymptotics. At last, for potentials which can be extended analytically in \({\Re z \geq 0}\) with \({\mid q(z)\mid \leq C (1+ \mid z \mid)^{-\rho}}\), \({\rho >1}\), we show that the Regge poles are confined in a vertical strip in the complex plane.
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Communicated by Jan Derezinski.
T. Daudé’s research was supported by the French National Research Projects AARG, No. ANR-12-BS01-012-01, and Iproblems, No. ANR-13-JS01-0006. F. Nicoleau’s research was supported by the French National Research Project NOSEVOL, No. ANR- 2011 BS0101901.
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Daudé, T., Nicoleau, F. Local Inverse Scattering at a Fixed Energy for Radial Schrödinger Operators and Localization of the Regge Poles. Ann. Henri Poincaré 17, 2849–2904 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00023-015-0453-6
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