When s > 0, the Bessel potential on \mathbb{R}^d can be represented by :(I - \Delta)^{-s/2} u = G_s \ast u, where the Bessel kernel G_s is defined for x \in \mathbb{R}^d \setminus \{0\} by the integral formula : G_s (x) = \frac{1}{(4 \pi)^{s/2}\Gamma (s/2)} \int_0^\infty \frac{e^{-\frac{\pi \vert x \vert^2}{y}-\frac{y}{4 \pi}}}{y^{1 + \frac{d - s}{2}}}\,\mathrm{d}y. Here \Gamma denotes the
Gamma function. The Bessel kernel can also be represented for x \in \mathbb{R}^d \setminus \{0\} by : G_s (x) = \frac{e^{-\vert x \vert}}{(2\pi)^\frac{d-1}{2} 2^\frac{s}{2} \Gamma (\frac{s}{2}) \Gamma (\frac{d - s + 1}{2})} \int_0^\infty e^{-\vert x \vert t} \Big(t + \frac{t^2}{2}\Big)^\frac{d - s - 1}{2} \,\mathrm{d}t. This last expression can be more succinctly written in terms of a modified
Bessel function, for which the potential gets its name: : G_s(x)=\frac{1}{2^{(s-2)/2}(2\pi)^{d/2}\Gamma(\frac{s}{2})}K_{(d-s)/2}(\vert x \vert) \vert x \vert^{(s-d)/2}. ==Asymptotics==