Landscape of scattering universality with general dispersion relations

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01782v2
• Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 16:02:02 GMT
• Title: Landscape of scattering universality with general dispersion relations
• Authors: Yidan Wang, Xuesen Na, Michael J. Gullans, Susanne Yelin, Alexey V. Gorshkov,
• Abstract summary: We reveal a rich landscape of new universal scattering phenomena governed by the interplay between an interaction and a system's density of states.<n>Our findings are directly relevant to synthetic quantum systems, where engineered dispersion relations in atomic arrays and photonic crystals offer a platform to explore these universal behaviors.
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• Abstract: Universality in physics describes how disparate systems can exhibit identical low-energy behavior. Here, we reveal a rich landscape of new universal scattering phenomena governed by the interplay between an interaction and a system's density of states. We investigate one-dimensional scattering with general dispersion relations of the form $\epsilon(k) = |k|^m$ and $\epsilon(k) = \text{sign}(k)|k|^m$ for any real $m \geq 1$. For key models such as emitter scattering and separable potentials, we prove that the low-energy S-matrix converges to universal forms determined solely by the dispersion exponent $m$ and a few integers defining the interaction. This establishes a broad classification of new universality classes, extending far beyond the standard quadratic dispersion paradigm. Furthermore, we derive a generalized Levinson's theorem relating the total winding of the scattering phase to the number of bound states. Our findings are directly relevant to synthetic quantum systems, where engineered dispersion relations in atomic arrays and photonic crystals offer a platform to explore these universal behaviors.

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