On the spectrum of the Lax operator of the Benjamin-Ono equation on the torus (Q2204354)

The aim of this paper is to investigate the spectrum of the Lax operator \(L_u\) of the Benjamin-Ono equation [\textit{T. B. Benjamin}, J. Fluid Mech. 29, 559--592 (1967; Zbl 0147.46502); \textit{H. Ono}, J. Phys. Soc. Japan 39, No. 4, 1082--1091 (1975; Zbl 1334.76027)]: \[ \partial_tu=H\partial^2-xu-\partial_x(u^2),\quad (t,x)\in\mathbb{\times\mathbb{T}},\quad \mathbb{T}=\mathbb{R}/2\pi\mathbb{Z}, \] for complex-valued potentials \(u\) in the Sobolev space \(H^{-s}(\mathbb{T}, \mathbb{C})\), \(0\leq s<1/2\), with small imaginary part. They prove some analytic properties of the moment map defined in terms of spectral data of \(L_u\).