Scattering theory for the Hodge Laplacian

DOI10.1007/S12220-021-00781-3arXiv2007.06447MaRDI QIDQ6344981FDOQ6344981

Publication date: 13 July 2020

Abstract: We prove using an integral criterion the existence and completeness of the wave operators

W_{p m} (D e l t a_{h}^{(k)}, D e l t a_{g}^{(k)}, I_{g, h}^{(k)})

corresponding to the Hodge Laplacians

D e l t a_{u}^{(k)}

acting on differential

k

-forms, for

u i n g, h

, induced by two quasi-isometric Riemannian metrics

g

and

h

on a complete open smooth manifold

M

. In particular, this result provides a criterion for the absolutely continuous spectra

s i g m a_{m a t h r m a c} (D e l t a_{g}^{(k)}) = s i g m a_{m a t h r m a c} (D e l t a_{h}^{(k)})

of

D e l t a_{u}^{(k)}

to coincide. The proof is based on gradient estimates obtained by probabilistic Bismut-type formulae for the heat semigroup defined by spectral calculus. By these localised formulae, the integral criterion requires local curvature bounds and some upper local control on the heat kernel acting on functions provided the Weitzenb"ock curvature endomorphism is in the Kato class, but no control on the injectivity radii. A consequence is a stability result of the absolutely continuous spectrum under a Ricci flow. As an application we concentrate on the important case of conformal perturbations.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Spectral problems; spectral geometry; scattering theory on manifolds (58J50) Scattering theory of linear operators (47A40) Differential forms in global analysis (58A10)

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