The spectral theory of a~functional-difference operator in conformal field theory

L. A. Takhtadzhyan ; L. D. Faddeev

Izvestiya. Mathematics , Tome 79 (2015) no. 2, pp. 388-410.

Résumé

We consider the functional-difference operator $H=U+U^{-1}+V$, where $U$ and $V$ are the Weyl self-adjoint operators satisfying the relation $UV=q^{2}VU$, $q=e^{\pi i\tau}$, $\tau>0$. The operator $H$ has applications in the conformal field theory and representation theory of quantum groups. Using the modular quantum dilogarithm (a $q$-deformation of the Euler dilogarithm), we define the scattering solution and Jost solutions, derive an explicit formula for the resolvent of the self-adjoint operator $H$ on the Hilbert space $L^{2}(\mathbb R)$, and prove the eigenfunction expansion theorem. This theorem is a $q$-deformation of the well-known Kontorovich–Lebedev transform in the theory of special functions. We also present a formulation of the scattering theory for $H$.

Détail

Keywords: modular quantum dilogarithm, Weyl operators,functional-difference operator, Schrödinger operator, Sokhotski–Plemelj formula, scattering solution, resolvent of an operator, eigenfunction expansion, Kontorovich–Lebedev transform, scattering theory, scattering operator.
Mots-clés : Fourier transform, Casorati determinant, Jost solutions

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