Estimates for smooth Weyl sums on major arcs

We present estimates for smooth Weyl sums of use on sets of major arcs in applications of the Hardy-Littlewood method. In particular, we derive mean value estimates on major arcs for smooth Weyl sums of degree $k$ delivering essentially optimal bounds for moments of order $u$ whenever $u>2\lfloor k\mathrm{/}2\rfloor +4$.