Sharp spectral bounds for complex perturbations of the indefinite Laplacian (Q2210464): Difference between revisions

The paper shows quantitative bounds for eigenvalues of complex perturbations of indefinite operators. In particular, the authors consider the operator \[H_V:=\operatorname{sgn}(x)(-\partial_x^2+V)\quad \text{ in }\quad L^2(\mathbb R),\] where \(\operatorname{sgn}\) is the sign function and \(V\) is a potential in an \(L^p\) space. If \(V\in L^1\), then it is proved that every eigenvalue \(\lambda\) of \(H_V\) satisfies that \[\sqrt{2}|\lambda|\leq \sqrt{|\lambda|+|Re(\lambda)|}\ \|V\|_{L^1(\mathbb R)}.\] This bound is shown to be sharp by explicit examples and it improves quantitatively previously known bounds. Other bounds for potentials in \(L^p\) are also presented and yield sharp spectral bounds on the imaginary parts of eigenvalues for all \(p\in[1,\infty)\).