Semiclassical spectral estimates for Schr\"odinger operators at a critical energy level. Case of a degenerate potential

Abstract

We study the semi-classical trace formula at a critical energy level for a Schr\"odinger operator on $\mathbb{R}^{n}$. We assume here that the potential has a totally degenerate critical point associated to a local minimum. The main result, which computes the contribution of this equilibrium, is valid for all time in a compact and establishes the existence of a total asymptotic expansion whose top order coefficient depends only on the germ of the potential at the critical point.