The complex Airy operator with a semi-permeable barrier

Abstract

We consider a suitable extension of the complex Airy operator, $-d^2/d{x}^2+ix$, on the real line with a transmission boundary condition at the origin. We provide a rigorous definition of this operator and study its spectral properties. In particular, we show that the spectrum is discrete, the space generated by the generalized eigenfunctions is dense in $L^2$ (completeness), and we analyze the decay of the associated semi-group. We also present explicit formulas for the integral kernel of the resolvent in terms of Airy functions, investigate its poles, and derive the resolvent estimates.

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