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Lorentz Group and Oriented MICZ-Kepler Orbits

Mathematical Physics 2015-06-03 v2 Differential Geometry math.MP

Abstract

The MICZ-Kepler orbits are the non-colliding orbits of the MICZ Kepler problems (the magnetized versions of the Kepler problem). The oriented MICZ-Kepler orbits can be parametrized by the canonical angular momentum L\mathbf L and the Lenz vector A\mathbf A, with the parameter space consisting of the pairs of 3D vectors (A,L)(\mathbf A, \mathbf L) with LL>(LA)2{\mathbf L}\cdot {\mathbf L} > (\mathbf L\cdot \mathbf A)^2. The recent 4D perspective of the Kepler problem yields a new parametrization, with the parameter space consisting of the pairs of Minkowski vectors (a,l)(a,l) with ll=1l\cdot l =-1, al=0a\cdot l =0, a0>0a_0>0. This new parametrization of orbits implies that the MICZ-Kepler orbits of different magnetic charges are related to each other by symmetries: \emph{SO+(1,3)×R+{\mathrm {SO}}^+(1,3)\times {\mathbb R}_+ acts transitively on both the set of oriented elliptic MICZ-Kepler orbits and the set of oriented parabolic MICZ-Kepler orbits}. This action extends to O+(1,3)×R+{\mathrm {O}}^+(1,3)\times {\mathbb R}_+, the \emph{structure group} for the rank-two Euclidean Jordan algebra whose underlying Lorentz space is the Minkowski space.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1111.2277,
  title  = {Lorentz Group and Oriented MICZ-Kepler Orbits},
  author = {Guowu Meng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.2277},
  year   = {2015}
}

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7 pages

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