Non-subelliptic estimates for the tangential Cauchy-Riemann system (Q858593)

Let \(M\) be a CR submanifold of \(\mathbb{C}^n\) of arbitrary codimension. Denote by \(HM=TM\,\cap\, i\,TM\) its analytic tangent bundle and by \(H^0M\) its characteristic bundle, i.e., the annihilator bundle of \(HM\) in \(T^*M\). The Levi form at \(z\in M\) is a family of Hermitian symmetric form \(\mathcal{L}^{\xi}_M(z)\) on \(H_zM\), parametrized by \(\xi\in H^0_zM\). The authors consider the pull-back \(\pi^*(HM)\) of \(HM\) to \(SH^0M\) (the sphere bundle of \(H^0M\)) and the condition that there exists a rank \(q_0\) complex subbundle \(\mathcal{V}\) of \(\pi^*(HM)\) such that, for all \((x,\xi)\in SH^0M\) and complex linear subspace \(W\) of \(H_zM\), with \(\dim_{\mathbb{C}}W>q_0\)\,: \[ \text{trace}\left(\mathcal{L}^{\xi}_M(z)| _{{W}}\right)- \text{trace}\left(\mathcal{L}^{\xi}_M(z)| _{\mathcal{V}_{(z,\xi)}}\right)\geq 0\,. \tag \(*\) \] Their condition is weaker of some \(q_0\)-pseudoconcavity conditions considered before by other authors [see e.g. \textit{A. Andreotti, G. Fredricks} and \textit{M. Nacinovich}, Ann. Sc. Norm. Super. Pisa, Cl. Sci., IV. Ser. 8, 365--404 (1981; Zbl 0482.35061)]. Under the assumption \((*)\), the authors prove weighted \(L^2\)-estimates for degree \((p,q)\)-forms on \(M\), when \(q>q_0\). These estimates are then employed to prove local existence for the \(\bar\partial_b\)-complex in degree \((p,q)\) when \(q>q_0\), giving in this way a generalization of the results on the Poincaré Lemma for \(\bar\partial_b\) of \textit{R. A. Ajrapetyan} and \textit{G. M. Khenkin} [Russ. Math. Surv. 39, No. 3, 41--118 (1984); translation from Usp. Mat. Nauk 39, No. 3(237), 39--106 (1984; Zbl 0589.32035)] and \textit{M. Nacinovich} [Math. Ann. 268, 449--471 (1984; Zbl 0574.32045)].