Semiclassical estimates for the magnetic Schrödinger operator on the line

Abstract

We prove a weighted Carleman estimate for a class of one-dimensional, self-adjoint Schrödinger operators $P(h)$ with low regularity electric and magnetic potentials, where $h>0$ is a semiclassical parameter. The long range part of either potential has bounded variation. The short range part of the magnetic potential belongs to $L^1(\mathbb{R})\cap L^2(\mathbb{R})$, while the short range part of the electric potential is a finite signed measure. The proof is a one dimensional instance of the energy method, which is used to prove Carleman estimates in higher dimensions and in more complicated geometries. The novelty of our result lies in the weak regularity assumptions on the coefficients. As a consequence of the Carleman estimate, we establish an optimal limiting absorption resolvent estimates for $P(h)$. We also present standard applications to the distribution of resonances for $P(1)$ and to associated evolution equations.

28 pages