In the preparation of this volume we were fortunate to receive advice from C. Berning, P. Deift, V. Enss, G. Hagedorn, J. Holder, T. Ikebe, M. Klaus, S. Kuroda, J. Morgan III, S. Pinault, J. Rauch, S. Ruijsenaars, and L. Smith. We are grateful to these individuals and others whose comments made this book better.

Preface
Introduction
Contents of Other Volumes
XI: SCATTERING THEORY
1. An overview of scattering phenomena
2. Classical particle scattering
3. The basic principles of scattering in Hilbert space
Appendix 1 Stationary phase methods
Appendix 2 Trace ideal properties of f(x)g(-i)
Appendix 3 A general invariance principle for wave operators
4. Quantum scattering I: Two-body case
5. Quantum scattering II: N-body case
6. Quantum scattering III: Eigenfunction expansions
Appendix Introduction to eigenfunction expansions by the auxiliary space method
7. Quantum scattering IV: Dispersion relations
8. Quantum scattering V: Central potentials
A. Reduction of the S-matrix by symmetries
B. The partial wave expansion and its convergence
C. Phase shifts and their connection to the Schrodinger equation
D. The variable phase equation
E. Jost functions and Levinson's theorem
F. Analyticity of the partial ware amplitude for generalized Yukawa potentials
G. The Kohn variational principle
Appendix 1 Legendre polynomials and spherical Bessel functions
Appendix 2 dost solutions for oscillatory potentials
Appendix 3 dost solutions and the fimdamental problems of scattering theory
9. Long-range potentials
10. Optical and acoustical scattering I: Schrodinger operator methods
Appendix Trace class properties of Green's functions
11. Optical ami acoustical scattering II: The Lax-Phillips method
Appendix The twisting trick
12. The linear Boltzmann equation
13. Nonlinear ware equations
Appendix Conserced currents
14. Spin wave scattering
15. Quantum feld scattering I: The external field
16. Quantum field scattering II: The Haag-Ruelle theory
17. Phase space analysis of scattering and spectral theory
Appendix The RAGE theorem
Notes
Notes on scattering theory on C*-algebras
Problems
MATERIAL PREPRINTED FROM VOLUME IV
XIII.6 The absence of singular continuous spectrum I: General theory
XIII.7 The absence of singular continuous spectrum II: Smooth perturbations
A. Weakly coupled quantum systems
B. Positire commutators and repulsive potentials
C. Local smoothness and ware operators Jbr repulsive potentials
XIII.8 The absence of singular continuous spectrum III:
Weighted L2 spaces
Notes
Problems
List of Symbols
Index