Eigensystem of an $L^2$-perturbed harmonic oscillator is an unconditional basis

Abstract

We prove the following. For any complex valued $L^p$-function $b(x)$, $2 \leq p < \infty$ or $L^\infty$-function with the norm $\| b | L^{\infty}\| < 1$, the spectrum of a perturbed harmonic oscillator operator $L = -d^2/dx^2 + x^2 + b(x)$ in $L^2(\mathbb{R}^1)$ is discrete and eventually simple. Its SEAF (system of eigen- and associated functions) is an unconditional basis in $L^2(\mathbb{R})$.