Discrete spectrum of Schr\"odinger operators with oscillating decaying potentials

Abstract

We consider the Schr\"odinger operator $H_{\eta W} = -\Delta + \eta W$, self-adjoint in $L^2({\mathbb R}^d)$, $d \geq 1$. Here $\eta$ is a non constant almost periodic function, while $W$ decays slowly and regularly at infinity. We study the asymptotic behaviour of the discrete spectrum of $H_{\eta W}$ near the origin, and due to the irregular decay of $\eta W$, we encounter some non semiclassical phenomena. In particular, $H_{\eta W}$ has less eigenvalues than suggested by the semiclassical intuition.