Abstract theory of pointwise decay with applications to wave and Schrödinger equations (Q740060)

The model example of the pointwise decay for the Schrödinger operator \(H=-\Delta +V(x)\) with a short-range potential, \(x\in \mathbb R^3\), is the following Kato-Jensen estimate: \[ \| (1+|x|^2)^{-\sigma}e^{-itH}P_c(H)(1+|x|^2)^{-\sigma}\| =O(t^{-3/2}) \] where \(\sigma\) is large enough, \(P_c(H)\) is the projection on the continuous spectral part of \(H\); see \textit{A. Jensen} and \textit{T. Kato} [Duke Math. J. 46, 583--611 (1979; Zbl 0448.35080)]. In the paper under review, the authors develop an abstract theory to prove pointwise decay estimates in weighted spaces, assuming a commutation identity for the Hamiltonian. As specific nontrivial examples, they consider an operator with electric field, the fractional Laplacian, the Dirac operator, the wave and Klein-Gordon equations.