Spectrum of the Lichnerowicz Laplacian on asymptotically hyperbolic surfaces

Abstract

We show that, on any asymptotically hyperbolic surface, the essential spectrum of the Lichnerowicz Laplacian $\Delta_L$ contains the ray $[{1/4},+\infty[$. If moreover the scalar curvature is constant then -2 and 0 are infinite dimensional eigenvalues. If, in addition, the inequality $<\Delta u, u>_{L^2}\geq \frac14||u||^2_{L^2}$ holds for all smooth compactly supported function $u$, then there is no other value in the spectrum.