Mathematical analysis of carbon nanotube model

In this paper, we present a recently developed mathematical model for a short double-wall carbon nanotube. The model is governed by a system of two coupled hyperbolic equations and is reduced to an evolution equation. This equation defines a dissipative semi-group. We show that the semi-group generator is an unbounded nonselfadjoint operator with compact resolvent. Moreover, this operator is a relatively compact perturbation of a certain selfadjoint operator.