A family of fractal Fourier restriction estimates with implications on the Kakeya problem

In a recent paper [Ann. of Math. 189 (2019), 837–861], Du and Zhang proved a fractal Fourier restriction estimate and used it to establish the sharp $L^2$ estimate on the Schrödinger maximal function in ${\mathbb{R}}^n$, $n\ge 2$. In this paper, we show that the Du-Zhang estimate is the endpoint of a family of fractal restriction estimates such that each member of the family (other than the original) implies a sharp Kakeya result in ${\mathbb{R}}^n$ that is closely related to the polynomial Wolff axioms. We also prove that all the estimates of our family are true in ${\mathbb{R}}^2$.