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 ⓘ
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 → relatedTo → Born expansion of Green’s function ⓘ
Lippmann–Schwinger equation → usedFor → Born series expansion ⓘ
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