On-shell T-matrices in Multiple Scattering

Abstract

The transition operator T for the scattering of a particle from N potentials V_j can be expanded into a series featuring the transition operators t_j associated with the individual potentials. For V_j(x) both absolutely and square integrable in x, we show, using an analytic continuation argument, that if T is on-shell, i.e. in < k|T(sigma^{2}+ i0)|k&#39; >, |k|=|k&#39;|=σ, then each t_j is also on-shell.