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Scattering at Low Energies on Manifolds with Cylindrical Ends and Stable Systoles

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Scattering theory for p-forms on manifolds with cylindrical ends has a direct interpretation in terms of cohomology. Using the Hodge isomorphism, the scattering matrix at low energy may be regarded as an operator on the cohomology of the boundary. Its value at zero describes the image of the absolute cohomology in the cohomology of the boundary. We show that the so-called scattering length, the Eisenbud–Wigner time delay at zero energy, has a cohomological interpretation as well. Namely, it relates the norm of a cohomology class on the boundary to the norm of its image under the connecting homomorphism in the long exact sequence in cohomology. An interesting consequence of this is that one can estimate the scattering lengths in terms of geometric data like the volumes of certain homological systoles.

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  1. Mathematisches Institut, Universität Bonn, Beringstrasse 1, D-53115, Bonn, Germany

    Werner Müller

  2. Department of Mathematical Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK

    Alexander Strohmaier

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The second author was supported by the Leverhulm trust and the MPI Bonn.

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Müller, W., Strohmaier, A. Scattering at Low Energies on Manifolds with Cylindrical Ends and Stable Systoles. Geom. Funct. Anal. 20, 741–778 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00039-010-0079-2

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