Heat kernels of non-symmetric jump processes: beyond the stable case (Q1650757)

Suppose that \(d\geq 1,\alpha\in (0,2)\) and \(\kappa(x,z)\) is a Borel function on \(\mathbb{R}^d\times \mathbb{R}^d\) such that \( 0<\kappa_0\leq \kappa(x,z)\leq \kappa_1, \kappa(x,z)=\kappa(x,-z), \) and for some \(\beta\in (0,1]\), \(|\kappa(x,z)-\kappa(y,z)|\leq \kappa_2|x-y|^{\beta}.\) The operator \[ \mathcal{L}_{\alpha}^{\kappa}f(x)=\lim_{\varepsilon\downarrow 0}\int_{\{z\in \mathbb{R}^d: |z|>\varepsilon\}}(f(x+z)-f(x))\frac{\kappa(x,z)}{|z|^{d+\alpha}}dz \] is a non-symmetric and non-local stable-like operator. [\textit{Z.-Q. Chen} and \textit{X. Zhang}, Probab. Theory Relat. Fields 165, No. 1--2, 267--312 (2016; Zbl 1345.60086)] studied the heat kernel of \(\mathcal{L}_{\alpha}^{\kappa}\) and its sharp two-sided estimates. The goal of the paper under review is to extend the results of [loc. cit.] to a more general operator than the above one, which is defined as follows: \[ \mathcal{L}^{\kappa}f(x)=\lim_{\varepsilon\downarrow 0}\int_{\{z\in \mathbb{R}^d: |z|>\varepsilon\}}(f(x+z)-f(x))\kappa(x,z)J(z)dz, \] where \(J\) is a Lévy density of a symmetric Lévy process in \(\mathbb{R}^d\) with its Lévy exponent satisfying a weak lower scaling condition at infinity.