The heat kernel of a Schr\"odinger operator with inverse square potential

Abstract

We consider the Schr{\"o}dinger operator H = --$\Delta$ + V (|x|) with radial potential V which may have singularity at 0 and a quadratic decay at infinity. First, we study the structure of positive harmonic functions of H and give their precise behavior. Second, under quite general conditions we prove an upper bound for the correspond heat kernel p(x, y, t) of the type 0 \textless{} p(x, y, t) $\le$ C t -- N 2 U (min{|x|, $\sqrt$ t})U (min{|y|, $\sqrt$ t}) U ($\sqrt$ t) 2 exp -- |x -- y| 2 Ct for all x, y $\in$ R N and t \textgreater{} 0, where U is a positive harmonic function of H. Third, if U 2 is an A 2 weight on R N , then we prove a lower bound of a similar type.