Sharp decay estimates of \(L^q\)-norms for nonnegative Schrödinger heat semigroups (Q393060)

Let \(H=-\Delta+V\) be a nonnegative Schrödinger operator on \(L^2({\mathbb R}^N)\), where \(N\geq 3\) and \(V\) is a radially symmetric nonpositive function in \({\mathbb R}^N\) such that \[ V=V(|x|)\in C^1([0,\infty)); \] \[ V(|x|)=\omega |x|^{-2}+O(|x|^{-2-\theta}),\quad \theta>0,\quad \omega\in \left(-\frac{(N-2)^2}{2},0\right] \text{ as } |x|\to\infty; \] \[ \sup\limits_{r>1}r^3|V'(r)|<\infty. \] It is known that there exists a radially symmetric, positive harmonic function \(U\) for the operator \(H\) satisfying \[ \lim\limits_{|x|\to\infty} |x|^A U(|x|) = 1. \] The main result of the paper under review gives exact and optimal decay rates of \(\|e^{-tH}\|_{p,q}\) as \(t\to +\infty\) for all \(1\leq p\leq q\leq\infty\): \[ \|e^{-tH}\|_{p,q}\asymp \phi_{N,A}(t). \] Under the assumption of the monotonicity of \(V\), the authors give a precise classification of the exact decay rates of \(\|e^{-tH}\|_{p,q}\). The proofs are based on the construction of supersolutions to the Cauchy problem.