USING MIXED DATA IN THE INVERSE SCATTERING PROBLEM

Abstract

Consider the fixed-ℓ inverse scattering problem. We show that the zeros of the regular solution of the Schrödinger equation, rn(E), which are monotonic functions of the energy, determine a unique potential when the domain of the energy is such that the rn(E) range from zero to infinity. This suggests that the use of the mixed data of phase-shifts {δ(ℓ0, k), k ≥ k0} ∪ {δ(ℓ, k0), ℓ ≥ ℓ0}, for which the zeros of the regular solution are monotonic in both domains, and range from zero to infinity, offers the possibility of determining the potential in a unique way.