Semigroup maximal functions, Riesz transforms, and Morrey spaces associated with Schrödinger operators on the Heisenberg groups (Q2220230)

Summary: Let \(\mathcal{L}=- \Delta_{\mathbb{H}^n}+V\) be a Schrödinger operator on the Heisenberg group \(\mathbb{H}^n\), where \(\Delta_{\mathbb{H}^n}\) is the sub-Laplacian on \(\mathbb{H}^n\) and the nonnegative potential \(V\) belongs to the reverse Hölder class \(\mathcal{B}_q\) with \(q\in [Q/2,\infty)\). Here, \(Q=2n+2\) is the homogeneous dimension of \(\mathbb{H}^n\). Assume that \(\{ e^{- t \mathcal{L}}\}_{t>0}\) is the heat semigroup generated by \(\mathcal{L}\). The semigroup maximal function related to the Schrödinger operator \(\mathcal{L}\) is defined by \(\mathcal{T}_{\mathcal{L}}^\ast (f)(u) := \sup_{t>0} | e^{- t \mathcal{L}} f (u)|\). The Riesz transform associated with the operator \(\mathcal{L}\) is defined by \(\mathcal{R}_{\mathcal{L}}= \nabla_{\mathbb{H}^n} \mathcal{L}^{-1/2}\), and the dual Riesz transform is defined by \(\mathcal{R}_{\mathcal{L}}^\ast= \mathcal{L}^{-1/2} \nabla_{\mathbb{H}^n} \), where \(\nabla_{\mathbb{H}^n}\) is the gradient operator on \(\mathbb{H}^n\). In this paper, the author first introduces a class of Morrey spaces associated with the Schrödinger operator \(\mathcal{L}\) on \(\mathbb{H}^n\). Then, by using some pointwise estimates of the kernels related to the nonnegative potential, the author establishes the boundedness properties of these operators \(\mathcal{T}_{\mathcal{L}}^\ast\), \(\mathcal{R}_{\mathcal{L}}\), and \(\mathcal{R}_{\mathcal{L}}^\ast\) acting on the Morrey spaces. In addition, it is shown that the Riesz transform \(\mathcal{R}_{\mathcal{L}}= \nabla_{\mathbb{H}^n} \mathcal{L}^{-1/2}\) is of weak-type \((1,1)\). It can be shown that the same conclusions are also true for these operators on generalized Morrey spaces.