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We study the heat kernel $p(x,y,t)$ associated to the real Schr\"odinger operator $H = -\Delta + V$ on $L^2(\mathbb{R}^n)$, $n \geq 1$. Our main result is a pointwise upper bound on $p$ when the potential $V \in A_\infty$. In the case that…

We show that whole-line Schr\"odinger operators with finitely many bound states have no embedded singular spectrum. In contradistinction, we show that embedded singular spectrum is possible even when the bound states approach the essential…

Laptev and Safronov conjectured that any non-positive eigenvalue of a Schr\"odinger operator $-\Delta+V$ in $L^2(\mathbb R^\nu)$ with complex potential has absolute value at most a constant times…

We consider Schr\"odinger operators with ergodic potential $V_\omega(n)=f(T^n(\omega))$, $n \in \Z$, $\omega \in \Omega$, where $T:\Omega \to \Omega$ is a non-periodic homeomorphism. We show that for generic $f \in C(\Omega)$, the spectrum…

We study the local behavior of solutions of the stationary Schr\" od\-inger equation with singular potentials, establishing a local decomposition into a homogeneous harmonic polynomial and a lower order term. Combining a corollary to this…

We prove three results giving sufficient and/or necessary conditions for discreteness of the spectrum of Schr\"odinger operators with non-negative matrix-valued potentials, i.e., operators acting on $\psi\in L^2(\mathbb{R}^n,\mathbb{C}^d)$…

We consider a Schr\"odinger operator $H=-\Delta+V(\vec x)$ in dimension two with a quasi-periodic potential $V(\vec x)$. We prove that the absolutely continuous spectrum of $H$ contains a semiaxis and there is a family of generalized…

We consider a semi-classical Schr\"odinger operator, -h^2\Delta + V(x). Assuming that the potential admits a unique global minimum and that the eigenvalues of the Hessian are linearly independent over the rationals, we show that the…

We characterize the spectrum of one-dimensional Schr\"odinger operators H=-d^2/dx^2+V with quasi-periodic complex-valued algebro-geometric potentials V (i.e., potentials V which satisfy one (and hence infinitely many) equation(s) of the…

We obtain a global unique continuation result for the differential inequality $|(i\partial_t+\Delta)u|\leq|V(x)u|$ in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$. This is the first result on global unique continuation for the Schr\"odinger equation with…

For any positive real number $s$, we study the scattering theory in a unified way for the fractional Schr\"{o}dinger operator $H=H_0+V$, where $H_0=(-\Delta)^\frac s2$ and the real-valued potential $V$ satisfies short range condition. We…

Let us concern the quasi-periodic Schr\"odinger operator in the continuous case, \begin{equation*} (Hy)(x)=-y^{\prime\prime}(x)+V(x,\omega x)y(x), \end{equation*} where $V:(\R/\Z)^2\to \R$ is piecewisely $\gamma$-H\"older continuous with…

Let $H=-\Delta+V$ be a Schr\"odinger operator on $L^2(\mathbb R^n)$ with real-valued potential $V$ for $n > 4$ and let $H_0=-\Delta$. If $V$ decays sufficiently, the wave operators $W_{\pm}=s-\lim_{t\to \pm\infty} e^{itH}e^{-itH_0}$ are…

We survey results concerning the spectral properties of limit-periodic operators. The main focus is on discrete one-dimensional Schr\"odinger operators, but other classes of operators, such as Jacobi and CMV matrices, continuum…

The purpose of this paper is to study the unique continuation property for a Schr\"odinger-type equation $ \bar\partial u = Vu$ on a domain in $\mathbb C^n$, where the solution $u$ may be a scalar function, or a vector-valued function.…

We study two types of unique continuation properties for the higher order Schr\"{o}dinger equation with potential $$ i\partial_tu=(-\Delta_x)^mu+V(t,x)u,\quad(t,x)\in\mathbb{R}^{1+n},\,2\leq m\in\mathbb{N}_+. $$ The first one says if $u$…

Consider the Schr\"odinger operator $ \mathcal L^V=-\Delta+V $ on $\R^d$, where $V:\R^d\to [0,\infty)$ is a nonnegative and locally bounded potential on $\R^d$ so that for all $x\in \R^d$ with $|x|\ge 1$, $c_1g(|x|)\le V(x)\le c_2g(|x|)$…

The continuity property in the Sobolev space $W^{k,p}({\bf R}^m)$ of wave operators of scattering theory for $m$-dimensional single-body Schr\"odinger operator is considered when the resolvent of the operator has singularities at the bottom…

We consider the higher order Schr\"odinger operator $H=(-\Delta)^m+V(x)$ in $n$ dimensions with real-valued potential $V$ when $n>4m-1$, $m\in \mathbb N$. We show that for any $\frac{2n}{n-4m+1}<p\leq \infty$ and $0\leq \alpha…

We consider discrete Schr\"odinger operators with pattern Sturmian potentials. This class of potentials strictly contains the class of Sturmian potentials, for which the spectral properties of the associated Schr\"odinger operators are well…