Kernel estimates for Schrödinger operators (Q862254)

From the authors' introduction: We prove short time estimates for the heat kernel \(p\) of the Schrödinger operator \(H=-\Delta +V\), where the potential \(V\) is nonnegative and belongs to \(C^{\alpha}_{\text{loc}}(\mathbb{R}^N)\) for some \(0<\alpha \leq 1\). \dots We prove upper bounds like \(p(x,y,t)\leq c(t)\phi(x)\phi(y)\) for a large class of potentials tending to \(\infty\) as \(| x| \rightarrow \infty\), under the main assuption that \(\omega =1/\phi \) satisfies \(\omega(x)\rightarrow \infty\) as \(| x| \rightarrow \infty\) and \(H\omega \geq g\circ \omega\) where \(g\) is a convex function growing faster than linearly. The behavior of \(c(t)\) near 0 is also shown to be precise. Similar bounds are also proved for the derivatives of \(p\).