The log-Sobolev inequality for the ground state of a Schr\"odinger operator on bounded convex domains

Abstract: We consider the ground state

p h i_{0}

of the Schr"odinger operator

L = - D e l t a + V

on the bounded convex domain

O m e g a s u b s e t R^{n}

, satisfying the Dirichlet boundary condition. Assume that

V i n C^{1} (O m e g a)

and it admits an even function

i l d e V i n C^{1} ([- D / 2, D / 2])

as its modulus of convexity, where

D

is the diameter of

O m e g a

. If the first Dirichlet eigenvalue

i l d e l a m b d a_{0}

of

- f r a c d^{2} d t^{2} + i l d e V

on the interval

[- D / 2, D / 2]

satisfies

i l d e l a m b d a_{0} > i l d e V (0)

, then the measure

d m u = p h i_{0} d x

satisfies the log-Sobolev inequality on

O m e g a

with the constant

i l d e l a m b d a_{0} - i l d e V (0)

. In particular, if

V

is convex, then the constant is explicitly given by

f r a c p i^{2} D^{2}

.

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