On perturbations of the isometric semigroup of shifts on the semiaxis

We study perturbations $(\tilde\tau_t)_{t\ge 0}$ of the semigroup of shifts $(\tau_t)_{t\ge 0}$ on $L^2(\R_+)$ with the property that $\tilde\tau_t - \tau_t$ belongs to a certain Schatten-von Neumann class \gS_p with $p\ge 1$. We show that, for the unitary component in the Wold-Kolmogorov decomposition of the cogenerator of the semigroup $(\tilde\tau_t)_{t\ge 0}$, {\it any singular} spectral type may be achieved by \gS_1 perturbations. We provide an explicit construction for a perturbation with a given spectral type based on the theory of model spaces of the Hardy space $H^2$. Also we show that we may obtain {\it any} prescribed spectral type for the unitary component of the perturbed semigroup by a perturbation from the class \gS_p with $p>1$

Information-theoretical meaning of quantum dynamical entropy

The theory of noncommutative dynamical entropy and quantum symbolic dynamics for quantum dynamical systems is analised from the point of view of quantum information theory. Using a general quantum dynamical system as a communication channel one can define different classical capacities depending on the character of resources applied for encoding and decoding procedures and on the type of information sources. It is shown that for Bernoulli sources the entanglement-assisted classical capacity, which is the largest one, is bounded from above by the quantum dynamical entropy defined in terms of operational partitions of unity. Stronger results are proved for the particular class of quantum dynamical systems -- quantum Bernoulli shifts. Different classical capacities are exactly computed and the entanglement-assisted one is equal to the dynamical entropy in this case.Comment: 6 page

Quasi-Normal Modes of a Natural AdS Wormhole in Einstein-Born-Infeld Gravity

We study the matter perturbations of a new AdS wormhole in (3+1)-dimensional Einstein-Born-Infeld gravity, called "natural wormhole", which does not require exotic matters. We discuss the stability of the perturbations by numerically computing the quasi-normal modes (QNMs) of a massive scalar field in the wormhole background. We investigate the dependence of quasi-normal frequencies on the mass of scalar field as well as other parameters of the wormhole. It is found that the perturbations are always stable for the wormhole geometry which has the general relativity (GR) limit when the scalar field mass m satisfies a certain, tachyonic mass bound m^2 > m^2_* with m^2_* < 0, analogous to the Breitenlohner-Freedman (BF) bound in the global-AdS space, m^2_BF = 3 Lambda/4. It is also found that the BF-like bound m^2_* shifts by the changes of the cosmological constant Lambda or angular-momentum number l, with a level crossing between the lowest complex and pure-imaginary modes for zero angular momentum l = 0. Furthermore, it is found that the unstable modes can also have oscillatory parts as well as non-oscillatory parts depending on whether the real and imaginary parts of frequencies are dependent on each other or not, contrary to arguments in the literature. For wormhole geometries which do not have the GR limit, the BF-like bound does not occur and the perturbations are stable for arbitrary tachyonic and non-tachyonic masses, up to a critical mass m^2_c > 0 where the perturbations are completely frozen.Comment: Added comments and references, Accepted in EPJ

Magnetic scattering of Dirac fermions in topological insulators and graphene

We study quantum transport and scattering of massless Dirac fermions by spatially localized static magnetic fields. The employed model describes in a unified manner the effects of orbital magnetic fields, Zeeman and exchange fields in topological insulators, and the pseudo-magnetic fields caused by strain or defects in monolayer graphene. The general scattering theory is formulated, and for radially symmetric fields, the scattering amplitude and the total and transport cross sections are expressed in terms of phase shifts. As applications, we study ring-shaped magnetic fields (including the Aharanov-Bohm geometry) and scattering by magnetic dipoles.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figure