Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement
Complex Spectral Representation of a Many-Body System in One Dimension
Gonzalo E. Ordonez
Abstract
I consider a Brownian particle immersed in a one-dimensional boson gas with delta-function repulsive potentials. I find many-body complex eigenvalues of the Liouville super-operator, up to second order in the coupling constant. The eigenvalues give the diffusion time-scale of the Brownian particle. The eigenvalue problem is solved using a Bethe-ansatz approach.