Harnack inequality and heat kernel estimates for the Schrödinger operator with Hardy potential (Q2504822)

Summary: In this preliminary note we outline some results of the fourthcoming paper [the authors; Forum Math. 19, No. 3, 407--427 (2007; Zbl 1145.35051)], concerning positive solutions of the equation \[ \partial_{t} u = \Delta u + \frac{c}{|x|^{2}} u \left(0 < c < \frac{(n-2)^{2}}{4}; \quad n \geq 3\right). \] A parabolic Harnack inequality is proved, which in particular implies a sharp two-sided estimate for the associated heat kernel. Our approach relies on the unitary equivalence of the Schrödinger operator \(Hu = -\Delta u - \frac{c}{|x|^{2}} u\) with the opposite of the weighted Laplacian \[ \Delta_{\lambda} v = \frac{1}{|x|^{\lambda}} \,{\text{div}}\, \left(|x|^{\lambda} \nabla v \right) \quad {\text{when}} \quad \lambda = 2 - n + 2 \sqrt{c_{0} - c}. \]