Carleman Estimates for the Schrödinger Operator. Applications to Quantitative Uniqueness

On a closed manifold, we give a quantitative Carleman estimate on the

Schrödinger operator. We then deduce quantitative uniqueness results for solutions to the Schrödinger equation using doubling estimates.

Finally we investigate the sharpness of this results with respect to the electric potential.     

Gradient Estimates of q-Harmonic Functions of Fractional Schrödinger Operator

We study gradient estimates of q-harmonic functions u of the fractional Schrödinger operator Δ ^α/2?+?q, α?∈?(0, 1] in bounded domains D???? ^d . For nonnegative u we show that if q is Hölder continuous of order η?>?1???α then $\nabla u(x)$ exists for any x?∈?D and $|\nabla u(x)| \le c u(x)/ ({\rm dist}(x,\partial D) \wedge 1)$ . The exponent 1???α is critical i.e. when q is only 1???α Hölder continuous $\nabla u(x)$ may not exist. The above gradient estimates are well known for α?∈?(1, 2] under the assumption that q belongs to the Kato class $\mathcal{J}^{\alpha - 1}$ . The case α?∈?(0, 1] is different. To obtain results for α?∈?(0, 1] we use probabilistic methods. As a corollary, we obtain for α?∈?(0, 1) that a weak solution of Δ ^α/2 u?+?q u?=?0 is in fact a strong solution.     

Dispersive Estimates of Solutions to the Schrödinger Equation

We prove time decay L¹ → L^∞ estimates for the Schr?dinger group e^{it(−Δ + V)} for real-valued potentials satisfying V (x) = O (|x|^−δ), |x| ≫ 1, with δ > 5/2. Communicated by Bernard Helffer submitted 27/11/04, accepted 29/04/05     

Existence and Stability of Solitary Waves of an M-Coupled Nonlinear Schrödinger System

In this paper, the existence and stability results for ground state solutions of an m-coupled nonlinear Schrödinger system $$i\frac{∂}{∂ t}u_j+\frac{∂²}{∂x²}u_j+\sum\limits^m_{i=1}b_{ij}|u_i|^p|u_j|^{p-2}u_j=0,$$ are established, where $2 ≤ m, 2≤p<3$ and $u_j$ are complex-valued functions of $(x,t) ∈ \mathbb{R}^2, j=1,...,m$ and $b_{ij}$ are positive constants satisfying $b_{ij}=b_{ji}$. In contrast with other methods used before to establish existence and stability of solitary wave solutions where the constraints of the variational minimization problem are related to one another, our approach here characterizes ground state solutions as minimizers of an energy functional subject to independent constraints. The set of minimizers is shown to be orbitally stable and further information about the structure of the set is given in certain cases.     

Dispersion Estimates for Spherical Schrödinger Equations

We derive a dispersion estimate for one-dimensional perturbed radial Schrödinger operators. We also derive several new estimates for solutions of the underlying differential equation and investigate the behavior of the Jost function near the edge of the continuous spectrum.     

Fractional Schrödinger Equation in Bounded Domains and Applications

We establish the existence and uniqueness of a positive solution to the Schrödinger equation involving the fractional Laplacian \(\Delta ^{\frac{\alpha }{2}}u=\mu \,u\) in smooth bounded domains of \(\mathbb {R}^d\) for a large class of nonnegative perturbations \(\mu \). We then use this result to give some new facts about the fractional semilinear equation \(\Delta ^{\frac{\alpha }{2}}u= u^\gamma \), \(\gamma >0\).     

Generalized Morrey Spaces Associated to Schrödinger Operators and Applications

We first introduce new weighted Morrey spaces related to certain non-negative potentials satisfying the reverse Hölder inequality. Then we establish the weighted strong-type and weak-type estimates for the Riesz transforms and fractional integrals associated to Schrödinger operators. As an application, we prove the Calderón-Zygmund estimates for solutions to Schrödinger equation on these new spaces. Our results cover a number of known results.     

Transformations of diffusion and Schrödinger processes

Summary A transformation by means of a new type of multiplicative functionals is given, which is a generalization of Doob's space-time harmonic transformation, in the case of arbitrary non-harmonic function (t, x) which may vanish on a subset of [a, b]x^d. The transformation induces an additional (singular) drift term /, like in the case of Doob's space-time harmonic transformation. To handle the transformation, an integral equation of singular perturbations and a diffusion equation with singular potentials are discussed and the Feynman-Kac theorem is established for a class of singular potentials. The transformation is applied to Schrödinger processes which are defined following an idea of E. Schrödinger (1931).To commemorate the centenary of E. Schrödinger's birth (1887–1961)     

Abstract Theory of Pointwise Decay with Applications to Wave and Schrödinger Equations

We prove pointwise in time decay estimates via an abstract conjugate operator method. This is then applied to a large class of dispersive equations.     

Global Superconvergence Estimates of Finite Element Method for Schrödinger Equation

In this paper, we shall study the initial boundary value problem of Schrödinger equation. The second order gradient superconvergence estimates for the problem are obtained solving by linear finite elements.     

Maximal Estimates of Schrödinger Equations on Rearrangement Invariant Sobolev Spaces

We establish the maximal estimates for the solutions of some initial value problems on rearrangement-invariant quasi-Banach function spaces. Our result covers the cases for which the initial value problem is given by the Schrödinger equation.     

Localization and Schrödinger Perturbations of Kernels

We study iterations of integral kernels satisfying a transience-type condition and we prove exponential estimates analogous to Gronwall’s inequality. As a consequence we obtain estimates of Schrödinger perturbations of integral kernels, including Markovian semigroups.     

Stability Estimates for the Lowest Eigenvalue of a Schrödinger Operator

There is a family of potentials that minimize the lowest eigenvalue of a Schrödinger operator under the constraint of a given L ^p norm of the potential. We give effective estimates for the amount by which the eigenvalue increases when the potential is not one of these optimal potentials. Our results are analogous to those for the isoperimetric problem and the Sobolev inequality. We also prove a stability estimate for Hölder’s inequality, which we believe to be new.     

Resolvent Estimates and Matrix-Valued Schrödinger Operator with Eigenvalue Crossings; Application to Strichartz Estimates

We consider a semi-classical Schrödinger operator with a matrix-valued potential presenting eigenvalue crossings on isolated points. We obtain estimates for the boundary values of the resolvent under a generalized non-trapping assumption. As a consequence, we prove the smoothing effect of this operator, derive Strichartz type estimate for the propagator and get an existence theorem for a system of non-linear Schrödinger equations.     

Strichartz Estimates for Schrödinger Equations on Scattering Manifolds

The present article is concerned with Schrödinger equations on non-compact Riemannian manifolds with asymptotically conic ends. It is shown that, for any admissible pair (including the endpoint), local in time Strichartz estimates outside a large compact set are centered at origin hold. Moreover, we prove global in space Strichartz estimates under the nontrapping condition on the metric.     

Generalized Weighted Morrey Estimates for Marcinkiewicz Integrals with Rough Kernel Associated with Schrödinger Operator and Their Commutators

Let L =-?+V(x) be a Schr?dinger operator, where ? is the Laplacian on ■~n,while nonnegative potential V(x) belonging to the reverse H?lder class. The aim of this paper is to give generalized weighted Morrey estimates for the boundedness of Marcinkiewicz integrals with rough kernel associated with Schr?dinger operator and their commutators.Moreover, the boundedness of the commutator operators formed by BMO functions and Marcinkiewicz integrals with rough kernel associated with Schr?dinger operators is discussed on the generalized weighted Morrey spaces. As its special cases, the corresponding results of Marcinkiewicz integrals with rough kernel associated with Schr?dinger operator and their commutators have been deduced, respectively. Also, Marcinkiewicz integral operators, rough Hardy-Littlewood(H-L for short) maximal operators, Bochner-Riesz means and parametric Marcinkiewicz integral operators which satisfy the conditions of our main results can be considered as some examples.     

Nonlinear Schrödinger Equations and Their Spectral Semi-Discretizations Over Long Times

Cubic Schrödinger equations with small initial data (or small nonlinearity) and their spectral semi-discretizations in space are analyzed. It is shown that along both the solution of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation as well as the solution of the semi-discretized equation the actions of the linear Schrödinger equation are approximately conserved over long times. This also allows us to show approximate conservation of energy and momentum along the solution of the semi-discretized equation over long times. These results are obtained by analyzing a modulated Fourier expansion in time. They are valid in arbitrary spatial dimension.     

Stability Estimates for Coefficients of Magnetic Schrödinger Equation from Full and Partial Boundary Measurements

In this paper we establish a log log-type estimate which shows that in dimension n ≥ 3 the magnetic field and the electric potential of the magnetic Schrödinger equation depends stably on the Dirichlet to Neumann (DN) map even when the boundary measurement is taken only on a subset that is slightly larger than half of the boundary ?Ω – a notion made more precise later. Furthermore, we prove that in the case when the measurement is taken on all of ?Ω one can establish a better estimate that is of log-type.     

Stability of Solitary Waves for a Generalized Derivative Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation

We consider a derivative nonlinear Schrödinger equation with a general nonlinearity. This equation has a two-parameter family of solitary wave solutions. We prove orbital stability/instability results that depend on the strength of the nonlinearity and, in some instances, on the velocity. We illustrate these results with numerical simulations.