We consider a non-self-adjoint $H$ given as the perturbation of a self-adjoint operator $H_0$. We suppose that $H$ is of the form $H=H_0+CWC$ where $C$ is a bounded, positive definite and relatively compact with respect to $H_0$, and $W$ is bounded. We suppose that $C(H_0-z)^{ -1}C$ is uniformly bounded in $z\in\mathbb{ C}\setminus\mathbb{ R}$. We define the regularized wave operators associated to $H$ and $H_0$ by $W_\pm(H,H_0):=\displaystyle\mathbb{ s}-\lim_{ t\rightarrow\infty} e^{ \pm itH}r_\mp(H)\Pi_\mathrm{ p}(H^\star)^\perp e^{ \mp itH_0}$ where $\Pi_\mathrm{ p}(H^\star)$ is the projection onto the direct sum of all the generalized eigenspace associated to eigenvalue of $H^\star$ and $r_\mp$ is a rational function that regularizes the `incoming/outgoing spectral singularities' of $H$. We prove the existence and study the properties of the regularized wave operators. In particular we show that they are asymptotically complete if $H$ does not have any spectral singularity.
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