Stability of a Szeg\H{o}-type asymptotics

Abstract

We consider a multi-dimensional continuum Schr\"odinger operator $H$ which is given by a perturbation of the negative Laplacian by a compactly supported bounded potential. We show that, for a fairly large class of test functions, the second-order Szeg\H{o}-type asymptotics for the spatially truncated Fermi projection of $H$ is independent of the potential and, thus, identical to the known asymptotics of the Laplacian.