The Kepler problem spinor regularization and pre-quantization of the negative-energy manifold (Q1819952)

In previous contributions, the author discussed a quantization procedure for the Kepler problem, based on the spinor formulation of the well-known Kustaanheimo-Stiefel regularization [e.g.: Celestial Mech. 36, 349-364 (1985; Zbl 0586.70009)]. Roughly, this procedure emerges as follows: the velocity-independent part of KS-transformation can be expressed in a spinor matrix form, which in a rather natural way exhibits the Hopf fibration of \(S^ 3\) over \(S^ 2\). Souriau's geometric quantization procedure then leads to a quantized principal \(S^ 1\)-fibre bundle over the symplectic manifold \(S^ 2\). Introducing new variables which give the Runge-Lenz vector a more symmetric spinor expression, the author now arrives at a spinor formulation of the KS-transformation on the full phase space. There results a pre-quantization on the compact manifold of negative isoenergetic orbits, for energy levels which satisfy a standard quantization condition. The pre-quantized manifold is diffeomorphic to \(S_ 3\times S_ 3\), factored through a suitable equivalence relation.