Subexponential decay and regularity estimates for eigenfunctions of localization operators

Abstract

We consider time-frequency localization operators A_a^{varphi _1,varphi _2} with symbols a in the wide weighted modulation space M^infty _{w}({mathbb {R}^{2d}}), and windows varphi _1, varphi _2 in the Gelfand–Shilov space mathcal {S}^{left( 1right) }(mathbb {R}^d). If the weights under consideration are of ultra-rapid growth, we prove that the eigenfunctions of A_a^{varphi _1,varphi _2} have appropriate subexponential decay in phase space, i.e. that they belong to the Gelfand–Shilov space mathcal {S}^{(gamma )} (mathbb {R^{d}}) , where the parameter gamma ge 1 is related to the growth of the considered weight. An important role is played by tau -pseudodifferential operators Op_{tau } (sigma ). In that direction we show convenient continuity properties of Op_{tau } (sigma )when acting on weighted modulation spaces. Furthermore, we prove subexponential decay and regularity properties of the eigenfunctions of Op_{tau } (sigma ) when the symbol sigma belongs to a modulation space with appropriately chosen weight functions. As an auxiliary result we also prove new convolution relations for (quasi-)Banach weighted modulation spaces.