Exponential decay estimates of the eigenvalues for the Neumann-Poincaré operator on analytic boundaries in two dimensions (Q1631398)

The properties of the spectrum of the Neumann-Poincaré operator \[ K\varphi(x)=\int_{\Gamma}\frac{(x-y,\nu_{y})}{|x-y|^{2}}\varphi(y)\,dy \] are studied in the case of a bounded planar domain \(G\subset {\mathbb R}^{2}\) with analytic boundary \(\Gamma\). Here \(\nu_{y}\) is the outward unit normal vector at \(y\in \Gamma\). It is stated that if \(\lambda_{n}\) are eigenvalues of \(K\) such that \(|\lambda_{n}|\leq |\lambda_{n-1}|\) for all \(n\) then, for every \(\varepsilon<\varepsilon_{G}\), with \(\varepsilon_{G}\) the maximal Grauert radius of the boundary, there is a constant \(C\) such that \[ |\lambda_{2n-1}=|\lambda_{2n}|\leq C e^{-\varepsilon n}\;\;\forall n. \]