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The systematic derivation of constants of the motion, based on Killing tensors and the gauge covariant approach, is outlined. Quantum dots are shown to support second-, third- and fourth-rank Killing tensors.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-18 M. Cariglia , G. W. Gibbons , J. -W. van Holten , P. A. Horvathy , P. Kosinski , P. -M. Zhang

This paper presents a classification of irreducible Killing and conformal Killing 2-tensors on homogeneous plane waves, a specific class of Lorentzian metrics on four-dimensional manifolds. Using the framework of BGG operators, we derive…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-05-13 Jan Gregorovič , Lenka Zalabová

A biquotient vector bundle is any vector bundle over a biquotient $G/\!\!/ H$ of the form $G\times_{H} V$ for an $H$-representation $V$. Over most biquotients, biquotient vector bundles are the only vector bundles known to admit metrics of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-03-11 Michael Albanese , Jason DeVito , David González-Álvaro

The study of symmetries in the realm of manifolds can be approached in two different ways. On one hand, Killing vector fields on a (pseudo-)Riemannian manifold correspond to the directions of local isometries within it. On the other hand,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-09-09 Thales B. S. F. Rodrigues , B. F. Rizzuti

The Killing tensor equation is a first order differential equation on symmetric covariant tensors that generalises to higher rank the usual Killing vector equation on Riemannian manifolds. We view this more generally as an equation on any…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-04-14 A. Rod Gover , Thomas Leistner

We begin by studying the Riemannian geometry of the tangent Lie group $TG$ associated with a Lie group $G$ whose commutator subgroup is two-dimensional, equipped with the lift of a left-invariant Riemannian metric on $G$. We establish the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-30 Ali Hatami Shahi , Hamid Reza Salimi Moghaddam

Killing vector fields $K$ are defined on Finsler manifold. The Killing symmetry is reformulated simply as $\delta K^\flat =0$ by using the Killing non-linear 1-form $K^\flat$ and the spray operator $\delta$ with the Finsler non-linear…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-04-19 Takayoshi Ootsuka , Ryoko Yahagi , Muneyuki Ishida

We characterize the $2$-Killing vector fields on a multiply twisted product manifold, with a special view towards generalized spacetimes. More precisely, we determine the nonlinear differential equations that completely describe them and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-08-04 Adara M. Blaga

In this paper, we define a semi-symmetric metric Killing vector field, then study semi-symmetric metric Killing vector fields on warped and multiply warped products with a semi-symmetric metric connection. We also study Killing and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-05-15 Quan Qu

Conformal Killing forms are a natural generalization of conformal vector fields on Riemannian manifolds. They are defined as sections in the kernel of a conformally invariant first order differential operator. We show the existence of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 U. Semmelmann

In this paper we present some structural results on the Lie algebras of transitive isometry groups of a general compact homogenous Riemannian manifold with nontrivial Killing vector fields of constant length.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-05-19 Yu. G. Nikonorov

Let us consider a generic n-dimensional subbundle V of the tangent bundle TM on some given manifold M. Given V one can define different degeneracy loci S_r(CV), r=(r_1<= r_2<= r_3<=...<=r_k) on M consisting of all points x in M for which…

alg-geom · Mathematics 2009-09-25 M. E. Kazarian , B. Shapiro

In this work we provide a complete characterization of left-invariant symmetric Killing tensors on almost abelian Lie groups endowed with a left-invariant Riemannian metric. We show in particular that all such tensors are decomposable, in…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-10-01 Renan Berto-Cuevas , Viviana del Barco , Andrei Moroianu

Let $(M,g)$ be a smooth Riemannian manifold, $K$ a compact Lie group and $p:P\to M$ a principal $K$-bundle over $M$ endowed with a connection $A$. Fixing a bi invariant inner product on Lie algebra $\mathfrak{k}$ of $K$, the connection $A$…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-02-16 Arash Bazdar

In this paper nontrivial Killing vector fields of constant length and corresponding flows on smooth complete Riemannian manifolds are investigated. It is proved that such a flow on symmetric space is free or induced by a free isometric…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 V. N. Berestovskii , Yu. G. Nikonorov

The target space M for the sigma-model appearing in theories with p-branes is considered. It is proved that M is a homogeneous space G/H. It is symmetric if and only if the U-vectors governing the sigma-model metric are either coinciding or…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 V. D. Ivashchuk

A three-dimensional Riemannian manifold has locally 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 or none independent Killing vectors. We present an explicit algorithm for computing dimension of the infinitesimal isometry algebra. It branches according to the values of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-08-08 Boris Kruglikov , Kentaro Tomoda

Let $(M,F)$ be a compact connected homogeneous non-Riemannian Finsler manifold with $\dim M>1$. We prove that any conformal vector field on $(M,F)$ is a Killing vector field. Further more, we prove that $\rho F$ is a homogeneous Finsler…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-02-06 Ming Xu

Considering the class G of g-natural metrics on the tangent bundle of a Riemannian manifold (M, g), it is shown that the flatnees for g is a necessary and sufficient condition of weakly symmetry (recurrent or pseudo-symmetry) of G. In…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-03-28 Esmaeil Peyghan

The invariant theory of Killing tensors (ITKT) is extended by introducing the new concepts of covariants and joint invariants of (product) vector spaces of Killing tensors defined in pseudo-Riemannian spaces of constant curvature. The…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Roman G. Smirnov , Jin Yue