On the spectrum of an Hamiltonian in Fock space. Discrete spectrum Asymptotics

Abstract

A model operator $H$ associated with the energy operator of a system describing three particles in interaction, without conservation of the number of particles, is considered. The precise location and structure of the essential spectrum of $H$ is described. The existence of infinitely many eigenvalues below the bottom of the essential spectrum of $H$ is proved for the case where an associated generalized Friedrichs model has a resonance at the bottom of its essential spectrum. An asymptotics for the number $N(z)$ of eigenvalues below the bottom of the essential spectrum is also established. The finiteness of eigenvalues of $H$ below the bottom of the essential spectrum is proved if the associated generalized Friedrichs model has an eigenvalue with energy at the bottom of its essential spectrum.