Spectral analysis for optical fibres and stratified fluids. I: The limiting absorption principle (Q807858)

The authors prove a limiting absorption principle for the operator \[ H=- c^ 2(z)\rho (z)\nabla_ z\cdot \rho^{-1}(z)\nabla_ z \] on \({\mathbb{R}}^ n\). The functions \(\rho\) and c are supposed to satisfy many very precise assumptions concerning their regularity and their behaviour at infinity. The proof is based on Mourre theory, and the main step consists in proving a Mourre estimate on H.