The quantum N-body problem

This selective review is written as an introduction to the mathematical theory of the Schrodinger equation for N particles. Characteristic for these systems are the cluster properties of the potential in configuration space, which are expressed in a simple geometric language. The methods developed over the last 40 years to deal with this primary aspect are described by giving full proofs of a number of basic and by now classical results. The central theme is the interplay between the spectral theory of N-body Hamiltonians and the space–time and phase-space analysis of bound states and scattering states.

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