Relativistic Ermakov-Milne-Pinney Systems and First Integrals
Abstract
The Ermakov-Milne-Pinney equation is ubiquitous in many areas of physics that have an explicit time-dependence, including quantum systems with time dependent Hamiltonian, cosmology, time-dependent harmonic oscillators, accelerator dynamics, etc. The Eliezer and Gray physical interpretation of the Ermakov-Lewis invariant is applied as a guiding principle for the derivation of the special relativistic analog of the Ermakov-Milne-Pinney equation and associated first integral. The special relativistic extension of the Ray-Reid system and invariant is obtained. General properties of the relativistic Ermakov-Milne-Pinney are analyzed. The conservative case of the relativistic Ermakov-Milne-Pinney equation is described in terms of a pseudo-potential, reducing the problem to an effective Newtonian form. The non-relativistic limit is considered as well. A relativistic nonlinear superposition law for relativistic Ermakov systems is identified. The generalized Ermakov-Milne-Pinney equation has additional nonlinearities, due to the relativistic effects.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2102.09613,
title = {Relativistic Ermakov-Milne-Pinney Systems and First Integrals},
author = {Fernando Haas},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.09613},
year = {2021}
}