Sharp spectral bounds for complex perturbations of the indefinite Laplacian (Q2210464)

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 \(p\in[1,\infty)\).