We derive bounds to the absolute value of the error that is made in variational estimates of scattering phase shifts. These bounds, like the variational estimates, are second order in 'small' quantities and are, in this respect, an improvement on similar but first-order error bounds derived previously by Bardsley, Gerjuoy, and Sukumar. The s-wave scattering by a square well potential, in the Born approximation, and by an exponential potential, using a many parameter trial function, are used to illustrate the results.
Approximate self-energy for Fermi systems with large s-wave scattering length: a step towards density functional theory