Potential theory of Dirichlet forms degenerate at the boundary: the case of no Killing potential (Q6144251)

The authors consider the Dirichlet form on the half-space \(\mathbb{R}^d_+\), defined by the jump kernel \(J(x, y)=|x-y|^{-d-\alpha}\mathcal{B}(x,y)\), where \(\mathcal{B}(x,y)\) can be degenerate at the boundary, and \(\alpha\in(1,2)\). The Killing potential is assumed to be identically zero. In the first result, it is proved that the corresponding Hunt process has finite lifetime and dies at the boundary. Then, as the main result of the paper, the boundary Harnack principle is established, and sharp two-sided Green function estimates are obtained. The results of the paper cover previously considered cases of the censored \(\alpha\)-stable process on the half-space with \(\alpha\in(1,2)\). The authors point out in passing the following observation: to establish some boundary theory for non-local operators with singular kernels and with no critical Killing, the corresponding non-local operators with critical Killing can play an important role.