Optimal lower bound of the resonance widths for the Helmholtz resonator (Q261970)

In the very interesting paper under review, the authors prove an optimal exponential lower bound on the widths of resonances for a general two-dimensional Helmholtz resonator. The main geometric condition required concerns the external end part of the neck. Precisely, it is assumed that the neck of the resonator meets the boundary of the external region perpendicularly to it, and that the exterior region is concave and symmetric there.This assumption permits the authors to adapt to this case some of the arguments of [the authors, J. Spectr. Theory 2, No. 2, 203--223 (2012; Zbl 1251.35024)] in order to obtain the lower bound after reducing the problem to an estimate near the end part of the neck. This reduction itself is obtained using Carleman estimates up to the boundary. An extension of the results to the \(n\)-dimensional case with \(n\leq 12\) is given as well.