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Semiclassical Schrödinger operators with purely imaginary potential

Analysis of PDEs 2026-07-08 v1 Mathematical Physics Spectral Theory

Abstract

We consider Schr\"odinger operators with purely imaginary potential P=h2Δ+iV(x)P = - h^{2} \Delta + i V ( x ) on a bounded domain. Assuming that near its critical points the potential VV can be approximated by an homogeneous polynomial, we show that in the limit h0h \to 0 the leftmost eigenvalues of PP are asymptotically given by the local model associated to the most degenerated critical points of VV. We give applications of this result to the associated evolution problem including shear flows in fluid mechanics.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2607.07301,
  title  = {Semiclassical Schrödinger operators with purely imaginary potential},
  author = {Victor Arnaiz and Jean-Francois Bony and Laurent Michel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.07301},
  year   = {2026}
}

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37 pages, 6 figures