Inverse spectral problems for Schrödinger-type operators with distributional matrix-valued potentials. (Q2341808)

The authors study the inverse problem of spectral analysis for the matrix Sturm-Liouville operators in the following form \[ \tau_j=-I_m\frac{d^2}{d x^2}+V_j(x),\; V_j(x)=\phi(x)^2+(-1)^j \phi'(x),\; j=1,2, \tag{1} \] on the half-line \(x>0\). The matrix-valued potential \(V_j\) belongs to the class \(H^{-1}_{\mathrm{loc}}([0, \infty))\) of distributions. The approach is based on the relation between the matrix Sturm-Liouville operators (1) and a particular class of the supersymmetric Dirac-type operators in the form \[ D = \left(\begin{matrix} 0 & -I_m (d/dx) + \phi(x) \\ I_m (d/dx) + \phi(x) & 0 \end{matrix} \right). \tag{2} \] The Weyl-Titchmarsh functions of operators (1) and (2) with Dirichlet-type boundary condition at \(x = 0\) are connected by a simple relation, obtained in the paper [\textit{J. Eckhardt} et al., J. Spectr. Theory 4, No. 4, 715--768 (2014; Zbl 1320.34116)]. Using this relation, the authors adopt the solution of the inverse problem for Dirac-type operator (2), given in [\textit{A. Sakhnovich}, ``Evolution of Weyl functions and initial-boundary value problems'', Preprint, \url{arxiv:1401.3605}], for the matrix Sturm-Liouville operators. They prove that the Weyl-Titchmarsh function of the operator (1) determines the potential \(V_j(x)\) uniquely and provide a method for the reconstruction.