Marius Mantoiu and Rafael Tiedra de Aldecoa Spectral analysis for convolution operators on locally compact groups (229K, PDF) ABSTRACT. We consider operators $H_\mu$ of convolution with measures $\mu$ on locally compact groups. We characterize the spectrum of $H_\mu$ by constructing auxiliary operators whose kernel contain the pure point and singular subspaces of $H_\mu$, respectively. The proofs rely on commutator methods.