Spectral inequality with sensor sets of decaying density for Schr\"odinger operators with power growth potentials

Abstract

We prove a spectral inequality (a specific type of uncertainty relation) for Schr\"odinger operators with confinement potentials, in particular of Shubin-type. The sensor sets are allowed to decay exponentially, where the precise allowed decay rate depends on the potential. The proof uses an interpolation inequality derived by Carleman estimates, quantitative weighted $L^2$-estimates and an $H^1$-concentration estimate, all of them for functions in a spectral subspace of the operator.