Born expansion of Green’s function

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The Born expansion of Green’s function is a perturbative series representation used in scattering theory to express the Green’s function as a sum of successive interaction terms.

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instanceOf mathematical concept
perturbative expansion
series representation
appearsIn literature on multiple scattering theory
textbooks on quantum scattering theory
appliesTo Lippmann–Schwinger equation
Schrödinger equation
approximationOrder first Born approximation
higher-order Born approximations
second Born approximation
assumes small coupling parameter
weak interaction potential
basedOn perturbation theory
canFailWhen presence of bound states near threshold
strong coupling
convergenceCondition operator norm of V G0 less than 1
expands Green’s function
field mathematical physics
quantum mechanics
scattering theory
firstTerm free Green’s function
framework integral equation formalism
operator formalism
generalizedTo many-body Green’s functions
time-dependent Green’s functions
higherOrderTerms multiple insertions of the interaction potential
historicallyNamedAfter Max Born
mathematicalForm G = G0 + G0 V G0 + G0 V G0 V G0 + …
relatedTo Born approximation in scattering theory
surface form: Born approximation

Dyson series
multiple scattering series
resolvent operator expansion
representationType Neumann series
represents Green’s function as a series of interaction terms
requires knowledge of free Green’s function
symbolUses G for full Green’s function
G0 for free Green’s function
V for interaction potential
usedFor approximating Green’s functions in interacting systems
describing scattering processes
multiple scattering analysis
perturbative treatment of potentials
usedIn acoustic scattering
electromagnetic wave scattering
potential scattering
quantum scattering cross section calculations
validWhen scattering potential is sufficiently weak or short-ranged

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Born approximation in scattering theory relatedTo Born expansion of Green’s function
subject surface form: Born approximation
Lippmann–Schwinger equation usedFor Born expansion of Green’s function
this entity surface form: Born series expansion