Aluthge transformations and invariant subspaces of \(p\)-hyponormal operators (Q1424060)

A Hilbert space operator \(T\) is said to be \(p\)-hyponormal, for some \(p> 0,\) if \((T^*T)^p\geq(TT^*)^p.\) If \(p=1\), then \(T\) is said to be hyponormal. If a bounded operator \(T\) has the polar decomposition \(T=V| T| \) where \(V\) is a partial isometry and \(| T| =(T^*T)^{1/2}\), then the operator \(\overline{T}=| T| ^{1/2}V| T| ^{1/2}\) is called the Aluthge transform of \(T.\) This transform is often used to reduce problems involving \(p\)-hyponormal operators to similar ones involving hyponormal operators. In this paper, the authors extend to the class of \(p\)-hyponormal operators some invariant subspace theorems obtained previously by \textit{Y. Nakamura} [Hokkaido Math. J. 12, 1--9 (1982; Zbl 0523.47004)] for hyponormal operator \(T\) with thin spectrum near a fixed vertical line \(\{Re(z)=\mu\}.\) This condition on the spectrum is expressed in terms of the integrability of the function \(f(x)=F(x)/(x-\mu)^2\), where \(F(x)\) is the linear measure of the cross section \(\sigma(T)\cap\{Re(z)=x\}.\) The authors show that the same result holds true for a \(p\)-hyponormal operator, provided that the above spectral condition is satisfied by the second Aluthge transform of \(T.\) Their proof makes use of the Aluthge transform in order to apply Nakamura's results.