Bound-state poles of a partial-wave S-matrix (source code)

= Bound-state poles of a partial-wave S-matrix

A pole at $k=i\kappa$ with $\kappa>0$ represents a normalizable bound state of energy $-\hbar^2\kappa^2/(2m)$. Resonance poles instead lie away from the imaginary axis on the analytically continued unphysical sheet.