Eigenmodes of the damped wave equation and small hyperbolic subsets (Q486793)

Let \((M,g)\) be a smooth compact, connected Riemanian manifold without boundary of dimension \(d \geq 2\). In this paper the author considers the solutions \(u_\tau \in L^2(M)\) of the equation \[ (-\Delta_g -\tau^2 -2_{ia(x)\tau})u_\tau =0, a\geq 0 \] (which come from the solutions of the damped wave equations of the form \(v = e^{-it \tau} u_\tau\)). Motivated by earlier results by \textit{J. A. Toth} and \textit{S. Zelditch} [Ann. Henri Poincaré 4, No. 2, 343--368 (2003; Zbl 1028.58028)], \textit{N. Burq} and \textit{M. Zworski} [J. Am. Math. Soc. 17, No. 2, 443--471 (2004; Zbl 1050.35058)], \textit{H. Christianson} [J. Funct. Anal. 246, No. 2, 145--195 (2007; Zbl 1119.58018)], the author studies the concentration in shrinking tubes of size \(hv, h \, 1/\tau\) (where \(0 < v < 1/2\)) around more general hyperbolic subsets than in the above cited works, under conditions of negative topological pressure. The method of proofs uses ideas from the works by \textit{N. Anantharaman} and \textit{S. Nonnenmacher} [Ann. Inst. Fourier 57, No. 7, 2465--2523 (2007; Zbl 1145.81033)], \textit{S. Nonnenmacher} and \textit{M. Zworski} [Acta Math. 203, No. 2, 149--233 (2009; Zbl 1226.35061)] and \textit{N. Anantharaman} [Geom. Funct. Anal. 20, No. 3, 593--626 (2010; Zbl 1205.35173)]. This article includes also an appendix by S. Nonnenmacher and the author where they establish the existence of an inverse logarithmic strip without eigenvalues below the real axis under a prensure condition on the set of undamped trajectories.