Integrable geodesic flows and Multi-Centre versus Bianchi A metrics
Mathematical Physics
2009-11-11 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
math.MP
Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems
Abstract
It is shown that most, but not all, of the four dimensional metrics in the Multi-Centre family with integrable geodesic flow may be recognized as belonging to spatially homogeneous Bianchi type A metrics. We show that any diagonal bi-axial Bianchi II metric has an integrable geodesic flow, and that the simplest hyperk\"ahler metric in this family displays a finite dimensional W-algebra for its observables. Our analysis puts also to light non-diagonal Bianchi VI and VII metrics which seem to be new. We conclude by showing that the elliptic coordinates advocated in the literature do not separate the Hamilton-Jacobi equation for the tri-axial Bianchi IX metric.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math-ph/0605072,
title = {Integrable geodesic flows and Multi-Centre versus Bianchi A metrics},
author = {Galliano Valent and Hamed Ben Yahia},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0605072},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
22 pages, latex2e, no figures