Solution

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Let , , , and . Inserting two energy resolutions into the commutator and carrying out the one-sided Fourier integral gives the Lehmann representation
If the trace in the question is intentionally unnormalized, the same formula holds without .
For ,
Therefore
and the Green function requested literally for is
Physically, a number-conserving oscillator has no anomalous response connecting two creation operators. The nonzero normal retarded propagator pairs annihilation with creation: , whose pole is the one-quantum excitation at energy .

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