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Kohn's theorem and Newton-Hooke symmetry for Hill's equations

High Energy Physics - Theory 2012-02-27 v3 Astrophysics of Galaxies General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

Hill's equations, which first arose in the study of the Earth-Moon-Sun system, admit the two-parameter centrally extended Newton-Hooke symmetry without rotations. This symmetry allows for extending Kohn's theorem about the center-of-mass decomposition. Particular light is shed on the problem using Duval's "Bargmann" framework. The separation of the center-of-mass motion into that of a guiding center and relative motion is derived by a generalized chiral decomposition.

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@article{arxiv.1112.4793,
  title  = {Kohn's theorem and Newton-Hooke symmetry for Hill's equations},
  author = {P. M. Zhang and G. W. Gibbons and P. A. Horvathy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.4793},
  year   = {2012}
}

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Published version. 22 pages 1 figure