Eigenvalue bounds for non-self-adjoint Schr\"odinger operators with the inverse-square potential

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to study spectral properties of non-self-adjoint Schr\"odinger operators $-\Delta-\frac{(n-2)^2}{4|x|^{2}}+V$ on $\mathbb{R}^n$ with complex-valued potentials $V\in L^{p,\infty}$, $p>n/2$. We prove Keller type inequalities which measure the radius of a disc containing the discrete spectrum, in terms of the $L^{p,\infty}$ norm of $V$. Similar inequalities also hold if the inverse-square potential is replaced by a large class of subcritical potentials with critical singularities at the origin. The main new ingredient in the proof is the uniform Sobolev inequality of Kenig-Ruiz-Sogge type for Schr\"odinger operators with strongly singular potentials, which is of independent interest.