On spectral measures and convergence rates in von Neumann's Ergodic Theorem

We show that the power-law decay exponents in von Neumann's Ergodic Theorem (for discrete systems) are the pointwise scaling exponents of a spectral measure at the spectral value~$1$. In this work we also prove that, under an assumption of weak convergence, in the absence of a spectral gap, the convergence rates of the time-average in von Neumann's Ergodic Theorem depend on sequences of time going to infinity.
Comment: Major changes following suggestions of the referee