Localization of the eigenfunctions of a Bloch-Torrey operator on the half-plane

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Main Authors: Averseng, Martin, Frantz, Nicolas, Hérau, Frédéric, Raymond, Nicolas
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author Averseng, Martin
Frantz, Nicolas
Hérau, Frédéric
Raymond, Nicolas
author_facet Averseng, Martin
Frantz, Nicolas
Hérau, Frédéric
Raymond, Nicolas
contents We consider a non-self adjoint operator of the form $-h^2 Δ+ i(V(x) + α(x)y)$ on the upper half plane $y > 0$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions on $\{y = 0\}$ with $V \geq 0$, $V$ admitting a non-degenerate minimum at $x = 0$ and $α'(0) = 0$. We study its eigenfunctions associated to the smallest eigenvalues in magnitude in the semiclassical limit $h \to 0$. Elementary variational estimates show that these eigenfunctions are localized near the point $(0,0)$ at the scales $O(h^{1/3})$ in $x$ and $O(h^{2/3})$ in $y$. In this paper, we show that the $O(h^{1/3})$ localization in $x$ is not optimal; more precisely, we establish that the eigenfunctions are concentrated in a neighborhood of size $O(h^{1/2})$ of the axis $\{x = 0\}$, and this scale is shown to be sharp. The proof relies on the symbolic calculus of operator-valued pseudodifferential operators.
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spellingShingle Localization of the eigenfunctions of a Bloch-Torrey operator on the half-plane
Averseng, Martin
Frantz, Nicolas
Hérau, Frédéric
Raymond, Nicolas
Mathematical Physics
Analysis of PDEs
35P15, 35Q40, 35Sxx, 35J10
We consider a non-self adjoint operator of the form $-h^2 Δ+ i(V(x) + α(x)y)$ on the upper half plane $y > 0$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions on $\{y = 0\}$ with $V \geq 0$, $V$ admitting a non-degenerate minimum at $x = 0$ and $α'(0) = 0$. We study its eigenfunctions associated to the smallest eigenvalues in magnitude in the semiclassical limit $h \to 0$. Elementary variational estimates show that these eigenfunctions are localized near the point $(0,0)$ at the scales $O(h^{1/3})$ in $x$ and $O(h^{2/3})$ in $y$. In this paper, we show that the $O(h^{1/3})$ localization in $x$ is not optimal; more precisely, we establish that the eigenfunctions are concentrated in a neighborhood of size $O(h^{1/2})$ of the axis $\{x = 0\}$, and this scale is shown to be sharp. The proof relies on the symbolic calculus of operator-valued pseudodifferential operators.
title Localization of the eigenfunctions of a Bloch-Torrey operator on the half-plane
topic Mathematical Physics
Analysis of PDEs
35P15, 35Q40, 35Sxx, 35J10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.20202