We derive damping estimates and asymptotics of $L^p$ operator norms for oscillatory integral operators with finite type singularities. The methods are based on incorporating finite type conditions into $L^2$ almost orthogonality technique of Cotlar-Stein.
We consider the question of when it is possible to force a degenerate scalar oscillatory integral to decay as fast as a nondegenerate one by restricting the support to the region where the Hessian determinant of the phase is bounded below. We show in two dimensions that the desired outcome is not always possible, but does occur for a broad class of phases which may be described in terms of the Newton polygon. The estimates obtained are uniform with respect to linear perturbation of the phase and uniform in the cutoff value of the Hessian determinant. In the course of the proof, we investigate …
We find a sharp condition on the density-dependent coefficient of damping of a one-dimensional repulsive Euler-Poisson system, which makes it possible to suppress the formation of singularities in the solution of the Cauchy problem with arbitrary smooth data. In the context of plasma physics, this means the possibility of suppressing the breakdown of arbitrary oscillations of cold plasma.
We study one-dimensional scattering for a decaying potential with rapid periodic oscillations and strong localized singularities. In particular, we consider the Schrödinger equation \[ H_εψ:= (-\partial_x^2 + V_0(x) + q(x,x/ε)) ψ= k^2 ψ, \] for $k\in\RR$ and $ε<< 1$. Here, $q(.,y+1)=q(.,y)$, has mean zero and $|V_0(x)+q(x,.)|$ goes to zero as $|x|$ goes to infinity. The distorted plane waves of $H_ε$ are solutions of the form: $e^{\pm ikx}+u^s_\pm(x;k)$, $u^s_\pm$ outgoing as $|x|$ goes to infinity. We derive their $ε$ small asymptotic behavior, from which the asymptotic behavior of scattering…
We study an operator analogue of the classical problem of finding the rate of decay of an oscillatory integral on the real line. This particular problem arose in the analysis of oscillatory Riemann-Hilbert problems associated with partial differential equations in the Ablowitz-Kaup-Newell-Segur hierarchy, but is interesting in its own right as a question in harmonic analysis and oscillatory integrals. As was the case in earlier work of the first author, the approach is general and purely real-variable. The resulting estimates we achieve are strongly uniform as a function of the phase and can s…
A one-dimensional nonlinear model of the so-called upper hybrid oscillations in a magnetoactive plasma is investigated taking into account electron-ion collisions. It is known that both the presence of an external magnetic field of strength $ B_0 $ and a sufficiently large collisional factor $ ν$ help suppress the formation of a finite-dimensional singularity in a solution (breaking of oscillations). Nevertheless, the suppression mechanism is different: an external magnetic field increases the oscillation frequency, and collisions tend to stabilize the medium and suppress oscillations. In term…
In this article, we study the convolution operators $M_k$ with oscillatory kernel, which are related to solutions to the Cauchy problem for the strictly hyperbolic equations. The operator $M_k$ is associated to the characteristic hypersurfaces $Σ\subset \mathbb{R}^3$ of a hyperbolic equation and smooth amplitude function, which is homogeneous of order $-k$ for large values of the argument. We study the convolution operators assuming that the corresponding amplitude function is contained in a sufficiently small conic neighborhood of a given point $v\in Σ$ at which exactly one of the principal c…
We study certain families of oscillatory integrals $I_φ(a)$, parametrised by phase functions $φ$ and amplitude functions $a$ globally defined on $\mathbb{R}^d$, which give rise to tempered distributions, avoiding the standard homogeneity requirement on the phase function. The singularities of $I_φ(a)$ are described both from the point of view of the lack of smoothness as well as with respect to the decay at infinity. In particular, the latter will depend on a version of the set of stationary points of $φ$, including elements lying at the boundary of the radial compactification of $\mathbb{R}^d…
In a previous article, \cite{Zill3}, we have established linear inviscid damping for a large class of monotone shear flows in a finite periodic channel and have further shown that boundary effects asymptotically lead to the formation of singularities of derivatives of the solution. As the main results of this article, we provide a detailed description of the singularity formation and establish stability in all sub-critical fractional Sobolev spaces and blow-up in all super-critical spaces. Furthermore, we discuss the implications of the blow-up to the problem of nonlinear inviscid damping in a…