The Essential Norm of Operators on A^p_α(mathbb{B}_n)

In this paper we characterize the compact operators on $A^p_\alpha(\mathbb{B}_n)$ when $1<p<\infty$ and $\alpha>-1$. The main result shows that an operator on $A^p_\alpha(\mathbb{B}_n)$ is compact if and only if it belongs to the Toeplitz algebra and its Berezin transform vanishes on the boundary of the ball.