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We investigate an exactly solvable two-dimensional Lorentzian coupled quantum system that in a certain parameter regime can be transformed to a higher time derivative theory (HTDT) with preserved symplectic structure. By transforming the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-27 Andreas Fring , Takano Taira , Bethan Turner

Two-dimensional superintegrable systems with one third order and one lower order integral of motion are reviewed. The fact that Hamiltonian systems with higher order integrals of motion are not the same in classical and quantum mechanics is…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Ian Marquette , Pavel Winternitz

One of the greatest problems of standard cosmology is the Big Bang singularity. Previously it has been shown that non-local ghostfree higher-derivative modifications of Einstein gravity in the ultra-violet regime can admit non-singular…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-12-03 Tirthabir Biswas , Tomi Koivisto , Anupam Mazumdar

We develop a Bohmian analysis of a two-dimensional ghost Hamiltonian and its mapping to the degenerate Pais-Uhlenbeck model. Using Gaussian wavepackets, we derive the corresponding guidance equations, the centre and width evolution, and the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Sanjib Dey , Andreas Fring

A systematic search for superintegrable quantum Hamiltonians describing the interaction between two particles with spin 0 and 1/2, is performed. We restrict to integrals of motion that are first-order (matrix) polynomials in the components…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-10-11 P. Winternitz , I. Yurdusen

An N-dimensional position-dependent mass Hamiltonian (depending on a parameter \lambda) formed by a curved kinetic term and an intrinsic oscillator potential is considered. It is shown that such a Hamiltonian is exactly solvable for any…

We observe that a wide class of higher-derivative systems admits a bounded integral of motion that ensures the classical stability of dynamics, while the canonical energy is unbounded. We use the concept of a Lagrange anchor to demonstrate…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-22 D. S. Kaparulin , S. L. Lyakhovich , A. A. Sharapov

In this paper, we derive a nonseparable quantum superintegrable system in 2D real Euclidean space. The Hamiltonian admits no second order integrals of motion but does admit one third and one fourth order integral. We also obtain a classical…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Sarah Post , Pavel Winternitz

We consider the classical momentum- or velocity-dependent two-dimensional Hamiltonian given by $$\mathcal H_N = p_1^2 + p_2^2 +\sum_{n=1}^N \gamma_n(q_1 p_1 + q_2 p_2)^n ,$$ where $q_i$ and $p_i$ are generic canonical variables, $\gamma_n$…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-01-06 Alfonso Blasco , Ivan Gutierrez-Sagredo , Francisco J. Herranz

We review some of the recent results which can be useful for better understanding of the problem of stability of vacuum and in general classical solutions in higher derivative quantum gravity. The fourth derivative terms in the purely…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-08-29 Filipe de O. Salles , Ilya L. Shapiro

Several completely integrable, indeed solvable, Hamiltonian many-body problems are exhibited, characterized by Newtonian equations of motion ("acceleration equal force"), with linear and cubic forces, in N-dimensional space (N being an…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Bruschi , F. Calogero

A family of maximally superintegrable systems containing the Coulomb atom as a special case is constructed in N-dimensional Euclidean space. Two different sets of N commuting second order operators are found, overlapping in the Hamiltonian…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Miguel A. Rodriguez , Pavel Winternitz

We initiate a research program for the systematic investigation of quantum superintegrable systems involving the interaction of two non-relativistic particles with spin $1/2$ moving in the three-dimensional Euclidean space. In this paper,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-06-13 O. Ogulcan Tuncer , I. Yurdusen

The Ostrogradski ghost problem that appears in higher derivative system is considered for systems with constraints. A prescription for removal of the ghost creating momenta is described based on the Dirac's constraint analysis. It is shown…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-08-30 Biswajit Paul

An alternative to the effective field theory approach to treat ghosts in higher derivative theories is to attempt to integrate them out via the Euclidean path integral formalism. It has been suggested that this method could provide a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-05-25 Michele Fontanini , Mark Trodden

A superintegrable system is, roughly speaking, a system that allows more integrals of motion than degrees of freedom. This review is devoted to finite dimensional classical and quantum superintegrable systems with scalar potentials and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Willard Miller , Sarah Post , Pavel Winternitz

An exact invariant is derived for three-dimensional Hamiltonian systems of $N$ particles confined within a general velocity-independent potential. The invariant is found to contain a time-dependent function $f_{2}(t)$, embodying a solution…

Classical Physics · Physics 2023-08-08 Jürgen Struckmeier , Claus Riedel

A covariant algorithm for deriving the conserved quantities for natural Hamiltonian systems is combined with the non-relativistic framework of Eisenhart, and of Duval, in which the classical trajectories arise as geodesics in a higher…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 M. Cariglia , G. W. Gibbons , J. -W. van Holten , P. A. Horvathy , P. -M. Zhang

We investigate a quantum non-relativistic system describing the interaction of two particles with spin 1/2 and spin 0, respectively. Assuming that the Hamiltonian is rotationally invariant and parity conserving we identify all such systems…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-08-11 I. Yurdusen , O. O. Tuncer , P. Winternitz

We consider the motion of a point particle with spin in a stationary spacetime. We define, following Witzany (2019) and later Ramond (2022), a twelve dimensional Hamiltonian dynamical system whose orbits coincide with the solutions of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-06-21 Francisco M. Blanco , Éanna É. Flanagan