Past exam of the short options paper shared by Prelims and Parts A and B of the physics course of the University of Oxford / 2017 / S18 / 2 / f / Solution

On the physical sheet the bound-state amplitude poles lie at $k=i{\kappa }_j$, ${\kappa }_j>0$, and map to real negative $E_j=-{\hslash }^2{\kappa }_j^2/(2m)$. The square-root map has two sheets meeting at the continuum threshold. Analytic continuation can also have virtual-state poles on the negative imaginary $k$ axis and resonance poles in the lower half-plane; these are not normalizable bound states. In the energy plane the resonances belong to the nonphysical sheet, rather than additional negative-axis bound levels.

For the algebraically continued probability, include the mirror poles contributed by $D(-k)$ as explained in part d; the two $k$ signs map to the same numerical energy but need not impose the same boundary condition. A sketch must label the sheet or the amplitude being plotted, rather than treating every singularity as a bound state.