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Superintegrable systems on 3-dimensional curved spaces: Eisenhart formalism and separability

Mathematical Physics 2017-02-09 v1 math.MP Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems

Abstract

The Eisenhart geometric formalism, which transforms an Euclidean natural Hamiltonian H=T+VH=T+V into a geodesic Hamiltonian T{\cal T} with one additional degree of freedom, is applied to the four families of quadratically superintegrable systems with multiple separability in the Euclidean plane. Firstly, the separability and superintegrability of such four geodesic Hamiltonians Tr{\cal T}_r (r=a,b,c,dr=a,b,c,d) in a three-dimensional curved space are studied and then these four systems are modified with the addition of a potential Ur{\cal U}_r leading to Hr=Tr+Ur{\cal H}_r={\cal T}_r +{\cal U}_r. Secondly, we study the superintegrability of the four Hamiltonians H~r=Hr/μr\widetilde{{\cal H}}_r= {\cal H}_r/ \mu_r, where μr\mu_r is a certain position-dependent mass, that enjoys the same separability as the original system Hr{\cal H}_r. All the Hamiltonians here studied describe superintegrable systems on non-Euclidean three-dimensional manifolds with a broken spherically symmetry.

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@article{arxiv.1701.05783,
  title  = {Superintegrable systems on 3-dimensional curved spaces: Eisenhart formalism and separability},
  author = {Jose F. Cariñena and Francisco J. Herranz and Manuel F. Rañada},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.05783},
  year   = {2017}
}

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33 pages

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