Self-similarity in the Kepler-Heisenberg problem (Q2022528)

The Kepler problem is studied in the Heisenberg group \((\mathcal{H},\langle.,.\rangle)\) , i.e. the motion of a single particle subject to a potential in the sub-Riemannian geometry of \(\mathcal{H}\). The potential is given by the fundamental solution of the sub-Laplacian in \((\mathcal{H},\langle.,.\rangle)\), see \textit{G. B. Folland}, Bull. Am. Math. Soc. 79, 373--376 (1973; Zbl 0256.35020). It is known that the zero energy level is integrable in the sense of Liouville-Arnold. The Kepler problem in this context was first posed in \textit{R. Montgomery} and \textit{C. Shanbrom}, Fields Inst. Commun. 73, 319--342 (2015; Zbl 1342.70041), where the existence of many periodic orbits was shown. The main result of the paper (Theorem 2.1) states that a certain class of zero energy orbits are self-similar. Here self-similarity involves a dilation, rotations and a reparametrization of the orbit. The proofs are computer-assisted. Several conjectures are formulated.