Unique determination of the electric potential in the presence of a fixed magnetic potential in the plane

Abstract

For potentials $V\in L^\infty(\mathbb{R}^2,\mathbb{R})$ and $A\in W^{1,\infty}(\mathbb{R}^2,\mathbb{R}^2)$ with compact support, we consider the Schrodinger equation $-(\nabla +iA)^2 u+Vu=k^2u$ with fixed positive energy $k^2$. Under a mild additional regularity hypothesis, and with fixed magnetic potential $A$, we show that the scattering solutions uniquely determine the electric potential $V$. For this we develop the method of Bukhgeim for the purely electric Schrodinger equation.