Schatten-von Neumann properties in the Weyl calculus

TL;DR

This paper characterizes when pseudo-differential operators in the Weyl calculus belong to Schatten-von Neumann classes based on symbol properties and introduces conditions linking symbol classes to operator compactness and boundedness.

Contribution

It provides new necessary and sufficient conditions for Schatten-von Neumann membership of Weyl pseudo-differential operators based on symbol integrability and class membership.

Findings

Operators are in Schatten class iff their symbols are in L^p.

Boundedness on L^2 is characterized by symbols being in L^.

Conditions relate symbol classes to operator compactness and boundedness.

Abstract

Let $\Op_t(a)$, for $t\in \mathbf R$, be the pseudo-differential operator $$ f(x) \mapsto (2\pi)^{-n}\iint a((1-t)x+ty,\xi)f(y)e^{i\scal {x-y}\xi} dyd\xi $$ and let $\mathscr I_p$ be the set of Schatten-von Neumann operators of order $p\in [1,\infty ]$ on $L^2$. We are especially concerned with the Weyl case (i.{}e. when $t=1/2$). We prove that if $m$ and $g$ are appropriate metrics and weight functions respectively, $h_g$ is the Planck's function, $h_g^{k/2}m\in L^p$ for some $k\ge 0$ and $a\in S(m,g)$, then $\Op_t(a)\in \mathscr I_p$, iff $a\in L^p$. Consequently, if $0\le \delta <\rho \le 1$ and $a\in S^r_{\rho ,\delta}$, then $\Op_t(a)$ is bounded on $L^2$, iff $a\in L^\infty$.