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Past exam of the theoretical physics II course of the University of Cambridge 2017 3 e Solution by
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For fixed , write . The bound contribution to the quantum propagator of an attractive delta potential remains . For its continuum, the stationary phase is at , where . The Gaussian oscillatory integral and its derivative giveConsequentlyThe continuum decays as , but the full kernel has a persistent oscillating bound state contribution and no ordinary complex limit. This expansion requires ; it is not uniform in the zero-coupling limit, where the bound state disappears and the free kernel instead decays as .
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