Hardy spaces H_L~p(R~n) associated with operators satisfying k-Davies-Gaffney estimates

Let L be a one-to-one operator of type ω having a bounded H∞ functional calculus and satisfying the k-Davies-Gaffney estimates with k ∈ N. In this paper, the authors introduce the Hardy space HLp(Rn) with p ∈ (0, 1] associated with L in terms of square functions defined via {e-t2kL}t>0 and establish their molecular and generalized square function characterizations. Typical examples of such operators include the 2k-order divergence form homogeneous elliptic operator L1 with complex bounded measurable coefficients and the 2k-order Schrdinger type operator L2 := (-Δ)k + Vk, where Δ is the Laplacian and 0≤V ∈Llock(Rn). Moreover, as an application, for i ∈ {1, 2}, the authors prove that the associated Riesz transform ▽k(Li-1/2) is bounded from HLip (Rn) to Hp(Rn) for p ∈ (n/(n + k), 1] and establish the Riesz transform characterizations of HL1p (Rn) for p ∈ (rn/(n + kr), 1] if {e-tL1 }t>0 satisfies the Lr-L2 k-off-diagonal estimates with r ∈ (1, 2]. These results when k := 1 and L := L1 are known.