Decay estimates for bi-Schrödinger operators in dimension one (Q2159073)

The authors consider the time decay estimates for the bi-Schrödinger operator \[ H=\Delta^2+V(x),\quad H_0=\Delta^2, \] where \(V(x)\) is a real-valued function satisfying \(|V(x)| \lesssim (1+|x|)^{-\beta}\) for some \(\beta >0\). The authors establish \(L^1-L^\infty\) estimates of \(H\) (with regularity terms) in dimension one. They show that the presence of zero resonance of \(H\) does not affect the time decay rate of \(e^{-itH}\) but requires higher decay rate of potential \(V\). As a consequence, Strichartz estimates are obtained for the fourth-order Schrödinger equations with potentials for initial data in \(L^2(R)\).