A Trichotomy for Modified Scattering Across the Yukawa-Coulomb Transition

Abstract

We study the long-time asymptotics of the three-dimensional Hartree equation with Yukawa potential \[ V_μ(x)=\frac{e^{-μ|x|}}{|x|}, \qquad 0\leqμ\leq1. \] The Coulomb case corresponds to $μ=0$, while $μ>0$ introduces the screening length $μ^{-1}$. In the limit $μ\to0$ and $t\to\infty$, the asymptotic behavior depends on the comparison between the observation scale $t$ and the screening length $μ^{-1}$, equivalently on the parameter $μt$. This leads to three distinct asymptotic regimes, according as $μt\to0$, $μt\to L\in(0,\infty)$, or $μt\to\infty$, with different modified scattering phases in each case.