A note on local energy decay results for wave equations with a potential

Abstract: In this paper we consider the local energy decay result for wave equations with a short-range potential. It is important to note that one never uses a finite speed of propagation property unlike the historical previous papers. The essential parts of analysis are in getting L^2-bound of the solution itself, and deriving the weighted energy estimates. In this paper we only use a simple multiplier method to treat the variable coefficient case, and do not rely on any resolvent estimates.