Mathematics – Spectral Theory
Scientific paper
2005-10-28
Mathematics
Spectral Theory
28 pages, no figures
Scientific paper
We strengthen and generalise a result of Kirsch and Simon on the behaviour of the function $N_L(E)$, the number of bound states of the operator $L = \Delta+V$ in $\R^d$ below $-E$. Here $V$ is a bounded potential behaving asymptotically like $P(\omega)r^{-2}$ where $P$ is a function on the sphere. It is well known that the eigenvalues of such an operator are all nonpositive, and accumulate only at 0. If the operator $\Delta_{S^{d-1}}+P$ on the sphere has negative eigenvalues $-\mu_1,...,-\mu_n$ less than $-(d-2)^2/4$, we prove that $N_L(E)$ may be estimated as \[ N_L(E)) = \frac{\log(E^{-1})}{2\pi}\sum_{i=1}^n \sqrt{\mu_i-(d-2)^2/4} +O(1); \] thus, in particular, if there are no such negative eigenvalues then $L$ has a finite discrete spectrum. Moreover, under some additional assumptions including that $d=3$ and that there is exactly one eigenvalue $-\mu_1$ less than -1/4, with all others $> -1/4$, we show that the negative spectrum is asymptotic to a geometric progression with ratio $\exp(-2\pi/\sqrt{\mu_1 - \qtr})$.
Hassell Andrew
Marshall Simon
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