This is the first in a series of works devoted to small non-selfadjoint perturbations of selfadjoint $h$-pseudodifferential operators in dimension 2. In the present work we treat the case when the classical flow of the unperturbed part is periodic and the strength $ε$ of the perturbation is $\gg h$ (or sometimes only $\gg h^2$) and bounded from above by $h^δ$ for some $δ>0$. We get a complete asymptotic description of all eigenvalues in certain rectangles $[-1/C, 1/C]+ iε[F_0-1/C,F_0+1/C]$.
In this paper, we give a description of the spectrum of a class of non-selfadjoint perturbations of selfadjoint operators in dimension one and we show that it is given by Bohr-Sommerfeld quantization conditions. To achieve this, we make use of previous work by Michael Hitrik, Anders Melin and Johannes Sj{ö}strand. We also give an application of our result in the case of PT-symmetric pseudo-differential operators.
We study Weyl-type perturbation theorems in the context of linear closed relations. We establish general results on perturbations for dissipative relations. In the particular case of selfadjoint relations, we study finite-rank perturbations and carry out a detailed analysis of the corresponding changes in the spectrum.
This is the third in a series of works devoted to spectral asymptotics for non-selfadjoint perturbations of selfadjoint $h$-pseudodifferential operators in dimension 2. We assume that the unperturbed operator has a periodic Hamilton flow, and study the remaining generic case; when the flow average of the perturbation has a saddle point
This is the second in a series of works devoted to small non-selfadjoint perturbations of selfadjoint semiclassical pseudodifferential operators in dimension 2. As in our previous work, we consider the case when the classical flow of the unperturbed part is periodic. Under the assumption that the flow average of the leading perturbation vanishes identically, we show how to obtain a complete asymptotic description of the individual eigenvalues in certain domains in the complex plane, provided that the strength of the perturbation $ε$ is $\gg h^{1/2}$, or sometimes only $\gg h$, and enjoys the u…
We study evolution equations associated to time-dependent dissipative non-selfadjoint quadratic operators. We prove that the solution operators to these non-autonomous evolution equations are given by Fourier integral operators whose kernels are Gaussian tempered distributions associated to non-negative complex symplectic linear transformations, and we derive a generalized Mehler formula for their Weyl symbols. Some applications to the study of the propagation of Gabor singularities (characterizing the lack of Schwartz regularity) for the solutions to non-autonomous quadratic evolution equatio…
We analyze the perturbations $T+B$ of a selfadjoint operator $T$ in a Hilbert space $H$ with discrete spectrum $\{t_k \}$, $T ϕ_k = t_k ϕ_k$, as an extension of our constructions in arXiv: 0912.2722 where $T$ was a harmonic oscillator operator. In particular, if $t_{k+1}-t_k \geq c k^{α- 1}, \quad α> 1/2$ and $\| B ϕ_k \| = o(k^{α- 1})$ then the system of root vectors of $T+B$, eventually eigenvectors of geometric multiplicity 1, is an unconditional basis in $H$.
We construct quasimodes for some non-selfadjoint semiclassical operators at the boundary of the pseudo-spectrum using propagation of Hagedorn wave-packets. Assuming that the imaginary part of the principal symbol of the operator is non-negative and vanishes on certain points of the phase-space satisfying a subelliptic finite-type condition, we construct quasimodes that concentrate on these non-damped points. More generally, we apply this technique to construct quasimodes for non-selfadjoint semiclassical perturbations of the harmonic oscillator that concentrate on non-damped periodic orbits or…
We consider some compact non-selfadjoint perturbations of fibered one-dimensional discrete Schrödinger operators. We show that the perturbed operator exhibits finite discrete spectrum under suitable\- regularity conditions.
We improve the Lieb-Thirring type inequalities by Demuth, Hansmann and Katriel (J. Funct. Anal. 2009) for Schrödinger operators with complex-valued potentials. Our result involves a positive, integrable function. We show that in the one-dimensional case the result is sharp in the sense that if we take a non-integrable function, then an analogous inequality cannot hold.
In this work we study the inverse scattering problem for the selfadjoint matrix Schrodinger operator on the half line. We provide the necessary and sufficient conditions for the solvability of the inverse scattering problem.
We derive a description of the family of canonical selfadjoint extensions of the operator of multiplication in a de Branges space in terms of singular rank-one perturbations using distinguished elements from the set of functions associated with a de Branges space. The scale of rigged Hilbert spaces associated with this construction is also studied from the viewpoint of de Branges's theory.
We formulate and prove the existence and uniqueness of the generalized Fourier transform associated with the absolutely continuous part of an arbitrary selfadjoint operator on a separable Hilbert space. To this end we develop a novel method to decompose an absolutely continuous operator into a variable fiber direct integral of selfadjoint operators.
We derive a spectral representation for the oblate spheroidal wave operator which is holomorphic in the aspherical parameter $Ω$ in a neighborhood of the real line. For real $Ω$, estimates are derived for all eigenvalue gaps uniformly in $Ω$. The proof of the gap estimates is based on detailed estimates for complex solutions of the Riccati equation. The spectral representation for complex $Ω$ is derived using the theory of slightly non-selfadjoint perturbations.
For bounded linear operators $A,B$ on a Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}$ we show the validity of the estimate $$ \sum_{λ\in σ_d (B)} \dist(λ, \overline{\num}(A))^p \leq \| B-A \|_{\mathcal{S}_p}^p$$ and apply it to recover and improve some Lieb-Thirring type inequalities for non-selfadjoint Jacobi and Schrödinger operators.
We study spectral asymptotics and resolvent bounds for non-selfadjoint perturbations of selfadjoint $h$-pseudodifferential operators in dimension 2, assuming that the classical flow of the unperturbed part is completely integrable. Spectral contributions coming from rational invariant Lagrangian tori are analyzed. Estimating the tunnel effect between strongly irrational (Diophantine) and rational tori, we obtain an accurate description of the spectrum in a suitable window in the complex spectral plane, provided that the strength of the non-selfadjoint perturbation $\gg h$ (or sometimes $\gg h^…
For a class of non-selfadjoint h-pseudodifferential operators in dimension 2, we determine all eigenvalues in an h-independent domain in the complex plane and show that they are given by a Bohr-Sommerfeld quantization condition. No complete integrability is assumed, and as a geometrical step in our proof, we get a KAM-type theorem (without small divisors) in the complex domain.
We prove that some perturbation of a J-selfadjoint second order differential operator admits factorization and use this new representation of the operator to prove compactness of its resolvent and to find its domain.
A large time expansion for the propagator associated to a semiclassical non-selfadjoint magnetic Schrödinger operator is established, in terms of the low lying eigenvalues of the operator.
This is a sequel of a recent article by Borichev-Golinskii-Kupin, where the authors obtain Blaschke-type conditions for special classes of analytic functions in the unit disk which satisfy certain growth hypotheses. These results were applied to get Lieb-Thirring inequalities for complex compact perturbations of a selfadjoint operator with a simply connected resolvent set. The first result of the present paper is an appropriate local version of the Blaschke-type condition from Borichev-Golinskii-Kupin. We apply it to obtain a similar condition for an analytic function in a finitely connected d…
We consider non-selfadjoint perturbations of a self-adjoint $h$-pseudodifferential operator in dimension 2. In the present work we treat the case when the classical flow of the unperturbed part is periodic and the strength $ε$ of the perturbation satisfies $h^{δ_0} <ε\le ε_0$ for some $δ_0\in ]0,1/2[$ and a sufficiently small $ε_0>0$. We get a complete asymptotic description of all eigenvalues in certain rectangles $[-1/C,1/C]+iε[F_0-1/C,F_0+1/C]$. In particular we are able to treat the case when $ε>0$ is small but independent of $h$.
Let $H_0$ be a purely absolutely continuous selfadjoint operator acting on some separable infinite-dimensional Hilbert space and $V$ be a compact non-selfadjoint perturbation. We relate the regularity properties of $V$ to various spectral properties of the perturbed operator $H_0+V$. The structure of the discrete spectrum and the embedded eigenvalues are analysed jointly with the existence of limiting absorption principles in a unified framework. Our results are based on a suitable combination of complex scaling techniques, resonance theory and positive commutators methods. Various results sca…
In this paper, we consider an unbounded selfadjoint operator $A$ and its selfadjoint perturbations in the same Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}$. As S.Albeverio and P. Kurosov (2000), we call a selfadjoint operator $A_{1}$ the singular perturbation of $A$ if $A_{1}$ and {A} have different domains $\mathcal{D}(A),\mathcal{D}(A_{1})$ but $A=A_{1}$ on $\mathcal{D}(A)\cap\mathcal{D}(A_{1})$. Assuming that $A$ has absolutely continuous spectrum and the difference of resolvents $R_{z}(A_{1}) -R_{z}(A)$ of $A_{1}$ and $A$ for non-real $z$ is a trace class operator we find the explicit expression for the sc…
In this article, we prove the finiteness of the number of eigenvalues for a class of Schrödinger operators $H = -Δ+ V(x)$ with a complex-valued potential $V(x)$ on $\bR^n$, $n \ge 2$. If $\Im V$ is sufficiently small, $\Im V \le 0$ and $\Im V \neq 0$, we show that $N(V) = N(\Re V)+ k$, where $k$ is the multiplicity of the zero resonance of the selfadjoint operator $-Δ+ \Re V$ and $N(W)$ the number of eigenvalues of $-Δ+ W$, counted according to their algebraic multiplicity.
We study spectral properties of one-dimensional singular perturbations of an unbounded selfadjoint operator and give criteria for the possibility to remove the whole spectrum by a perturbation of this type. A counterpart of our results for the case of bounded operators provides a complete description of compact selfadjoint operators whose rank one perturbation is a Volterra operator.
We give general spectral and eigenvalue perturbation bounds for a selfadjoint operator perturbed in the sense of the pseudo-Friedrichs extension. We also give several generalisations of the aforementioned extension. The spectral bounds for finite eigenvalues are obtained by using analyticity and monotonicity properties (rather than variational principles) and they are general enough to include eigenvalues in gaps of the essential spectrum.
We study semiclassical asymptotics for spectra of non-selfadjoint perturbations of selfadjoint analytic $h$-pseudodifferential operators in dimension 2, assuming that the classical flow of the unperturbed part is completely integrable. Complete asymptotic expansions are established for all individual eigenvalues in suitable regions of the complex spectral plane, near the edges of the spectral band, coming from rational flow-invariant Lagrangian tori.
We study the distribution of eigenvalues for non-selfadjoint perturbations of selfadjoint semiclassical analytic pseudodifferential operators in dimension two, assuming that the classical flow of the unperturbed part is completely integrable. An asymptotic formula of Weyl type for the number of eigenvalues in a spectral band, bounded from above and from below by levels corresponding to Diophantine invariant Lagrangian tori, is established. The Weyl law is given in terms of the long time averages of the leading non-selfadjoint perturbation along the classical flow of the unperturbed part.
Let B=A+K where A is a bounded selfadjoint operator and K is an element of the von Neumann-Schatten ideal S_p with p>1. Let {λ_n} denote an enumeration of the discrete spectrum of B. We show that $\sum_n \dist(λ_n, σ(A))^p$ is bounded from above by a constant multiple of |K|_p^p. We also derive a unitary analog of this estimate and apply it to obtain new estimates on zero-sets of Cauchy transforms.
We study resolvent estimates for non-selfadjoint semiclassical pseudodifferential operators with double characteristics. Assuming that the quadratic approximation along the double characteristics is elliptic, we obtain polynomial upper bounds on the resolvent in a suitable region inside the pseudospectrum.
We prove quantitative bounds on the eigenvalues of non-selfadjoint unbounded operators obtained from selfadjoint operators by a perturbation that is relatively-Schatten. These bounds are applied to obtain new results on the distribution of eigenvalues of Schroedinger operators with complex potentials.
For a class of non-selfadjoint semiclassical pseudodifferential operators with double characteristics, we study bounds for resolvents and estimates for low lying eigenvalues. Specifically, assuming that the quadratic approximations of the principal symbol of the operator along the double characteristics enjoy a partial ellipticity property along a suitable subspace of the phase space, namely their singular space, we establish semiclassical hypoelliptic a priori estimates with a loss of the full power of the semiclassical parameter, giving a localization for the low lying spectral values of the…
Let $ H_0=-\dd+V_0 $ be a multidimensional Schrödinger ope\-rator with a real-valued potential and infinite band spectrum, and $H=H_0+V$ be its non-selfadjoint perturbation defined with the help of Kato approach. We prove Lieb--Thirring type inequalities for the discrete spectrum of $H$ in the case when $V_0\in L^\infty(\br^d)$ and $V\in L^p(\br^d)$, $p>\max(d/2, 1)$.
We consider a class of one-dimensional nonselfadjoint semiclassical pseudo-differential operators, subject to small random perturbations, and study the statistical properties of their (discrete) spectra, in the semiclassical limit $h\to 0$. We compare two types of random perturbation: a random potential vs. a random matrix. Hager and Sjöstrand had shown that, with high probability, the local spectral density of the perturbed operator follows a semiclassical form of Weyl's law, depending on the value distribution of the principal symbol of our pseudodifferential operator. Beyond the spectral de…
We consider equivariant continuous families of discrete one-dimensional operators over arbitrary dynamical systems. We introduce the concept of a pseudo-ergodic element of a dynamical system. We then show that all operators associated to pseudo-ergodic elements have the same spectrum and that this spectrum agrees with their essential spectrum. As a consequence we obtain that the spectrum is constant and agrees with the essential spectrum for all elements in the dynamical system if minimality holds.
We study the solvability complexity index (SCI) for unbounded selfadjoint operators on separable Hilbert spaces and perturbations thereof. In particular, we show that if the extended essential spectrum of a selfadjoint operator is convex, then the SCI for computing its spectrum is equal to 1. This result is then extended to relatively compact perturbations of such operators and applied to Schrödinger operators with compactly supported (complex valued) potentials to obtain SCI=1 in this case, as well.
We investigate minimal operator corresponding to operator differential expression with exit from space, study its selfadjoint extensions, also for one particular selfadjoint extension corresponding to boundary value problem with some rational function of eigenparameter in boundary condition establish asymptotics of spectrum and derive trace formula
We study spectral properties of nonselfadjoint rank one perturbations of compact selfadjoint operators. The problems under consideration include completeness of eigenvectors, relations between completeness of the perturbed operator and its adjoint, and the spectral synthesis problem. We obtain new criteria for completeness and spectral synthesis in this class as well as a series of counterexamples which show that the spectral structure of rank one perturbations is, in general, unexpectedly rich and complicated. A parallel spectral theory is developed for one-dimensional singular perturbations …
In this paper spectral theorems for not necessarily continuous normal and self-adjoint random operators on a complex separable Hilbert space are proved.
We prove quantitative bounds on the eigenvalues of non-selfadjoint bounded and unbounded operators. We use the perturbation determinant to reduce the problem to one of studying the zeroes of a holomorphic function.
The spectrum of a selfadjoint second order elliptic differential operator in $L^2(\mathbb{R}^n)$ is described in terms of the limiting behavior of Dirichlet-to-Neumann maps, which arise in a multi-dimensional Glazman decomposition and correspond to an interior and an exterior boundary value problem. This leads to PDE analogs of renowned facts in spectral theory of ODEs. The main results in this paper are first derived in the more abstract context of extension theory of symmetric operators and corresponding Weyl functions, and are applied to the PDE setting afterwards.
We use a classical result of Hildebrandt to establish simple conditions for the absence of eigenvalues of non-selfadjoint discrete and continuous Schrödinger operators on the boundary of their numerical range.
Given an open real interval Δ and two selfadjoint operators A_1, A_2 in a Π_κ-space with n-dimensional resolvent difference we show that the difference of the total multiplicities of the eigenvalues of A_1 and A_2 in Δ is at most n+2κ.
We prove Lieb-Thirring-type bounds on eigenvalues of non-selfadjoint Jacobi operators, which are nearly as strong as those proven previously for the case of selfadjoint operators by Hundertmark and Simon. We use a method based on determinants of operators and on complex function theory, extending and sharpening earlier work of Borichev, Golinskii and Kupin.
We study spectral asymptotics for small non-selfadjoint perturbations of selfadjoint $h$-pseudodifferential operators in dimension 2, assuming that the classical flow of the unperturbed part possesses several invariant Lagrangian tori enjoying a Diophantine property. We get complete asymptotic expansions for all eigenvalues in certain rectangles in the complex plane in two different cases: in the first case, we assume that the strength $ε$ of the perturbation is ${\cal O}(h^δ)$ for some $δ>0$ and is bounded from below by a fixed positive power of $h$. In the second case, $ε$ is assumed to be s…
Estimates for the total multiplicity of eigenvalues for Schrödinger operator are established in the case of compactly supported or exponentially decreasing complex-valued potential.
Given two possibly unbounded selfadjoint operators A and G such that the resolvent sets of AG and GA are non-empty, it is shown that the operator AG has a spectral function on IR with singularities if there exists a non-zero polynomial p such that the symmetric operator Gp(AG) is non-negative. This result generalizes a well-known theorem for definitizable operators in Krein spaces.
The aim of the paper is to obtain a description of the selfadjoint subspace of the one-speed Boltzmann operator. It is proved that this subspace is nontrivial if the collision integral is polynomial and the multiplication coefficient has a lattice of gaps. A similar result is shown to hold for the 3-dimensional transport operator. Keywords: completely nonselfadjoint, Boltzmann operator, uncertainly principle.
The self-adjoint and $m$-sectorial extensions of coercive Sturm-Liouville operators are characterised, under minimal smoothness conditions on the coefficients of the differential expression.
The central problem we consider is the distribution of eigenvalues of closed linear operators which are not selfadjoint, with a focus on those operators which are obtained as perturbations of selfadjoint linear operators. Two methods are explained and elaborated. One approach uses complex analysis to study a holomorphic function whose zeros can be identified with the eigenvalues of the linear operator. The second method is an operator theoretic approach involving the numerical range. General results obtained by the two methods are derived and compared. Applications to non-selfadjoint Jacobi an…
We consider quite general $h$-pseudodifferential operators on $R^n$ with small random perturbations and show that in the limit of small $h$ the eigenvalues are distributed according to a Weyl law with a probabality that tends to 1. The first author has previously obtained a similar result in dimension 1. Our class of perturbations is different.
For a class of non-selfadjoint $h$--pseudodifferential operators with double characteristics, we give a precise description of the spectrum and establish accurate semiclassical resolvent estimates in a neighborhood of the origin. Specifically, assuming that the quadratic approximations of the principal symbol of the operator along the double characteristics enjoy a partial ellipticity property along a suitable subspace of the phase space, namely their singular space, we give a precise description of the spectrum of the operator in an ${\cal O}(h)$--neighborhood of the origin. Moreover, when al…
We consider a non-selfadjoint $h$-differential model operator $P_h$ in the semiclassical limit ($h\rightarrow 0$) subject to random perturbations with a small coupling constant $δ$. Assume that $\exp(-\frac{1}{Ch}) < δ\ll h^κ$ for constants $C,κ>0$ suitably large. Let $Σ$ be the closure of the range of the principal symbol. We study the $2$-point intensity measure of the random point process of eigenvalues of the randomly perturbed operator $P_h^δ$ and prove an $h$-asymptotic formula for the average $2$-point density of eigenvalues. With this we show that two eigenvalues of $P_h^δ$ in the inte…
We consider nonsymmetric rank one singular perturbations of a selfadjoint operator, i.e., an expression of the form $\tilde A = A + α\left\langle\cdot, ω_1\right\rangleω_2$, $ω_1\not = ω_2$, $α\in{\mathbb C}$, in a general case $ω_1,ω_2\in{\mathcal H}_{-2}$. Using a constructive description of the perturbed operator $\tilde A$, we investigate some spectral and approximations properties of $\tilde A$. The wave operators corresponding to the couple $A$, $\tilde A$ and a series of examples are also presented.
