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Weakly localized states of one dimensional Schrodinger equations have localized energy

Analysis of PDEs 2025-12-30 v2

Abstract

We study the asymptotics of the Schr\"odinger equation with time-dependent potential in dimension one. Assuming that the potential decays sufficiently rapidly as x|x| \to \infty, we prove that the solution can be written as the sum of a free wave eitΔu+e^{-it\Delta} u_+ and a weakly bound component uwb(t)u_{\text{wb}}(t). Moreover, we show that the weakly bound part decomposes as uwb(t)=uloc(t)+oH˙1(1)u_{\text{wb}}(t) = u_{\text{loc}}(t) + o_{\dot{H}^1}(1), where xuloc(t)\partial_x u_\text{loc}(t) is localized near the origin uniformly in time. Since decay conditions on the potential do not preclude resonances unless d5d \geq 5, our results can be seen as a natural extension of [Terence Tao. Dynamics of Partial Differential Equations, 5(2), 2008] and [Avy Soffer, Xiaoxu Wu. arXiv:2304.04245] to the lower-dimensional case.

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@article{arxiv.2510.16283,
  title  = {Weakly localized states of one dimensional Schrodinger equations have localized energy},
  author = {Gavin Stewart and Avy Soffer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.16283},
  year   = {2025}
}

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