The harmonic oscillator on Riemannian and Lorentzian configuration spaces of constant curvature

DOI10.1063/1.2840463zbMATH Open1153.81332arXiv0709.2572OpenAlexW2107812073WikidataQ115333533 ScholiaQ115333533MaRDI QIDQ3544665FDOQ3544665

Authors: J. F. Cariñena, Manuel F. Rañada, Mariano Santander 

Publication date: 8 December 2008

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The harmonic oscillator as a distinguished dynamical system can be defined not only on the Euclidean plane but also on the sphere and on the hyperbolic plane, and more generally on any configuration space with constant curvature and with a metric of any signature, either Riemannian (definite positive) or Lorentzian (indefinite). In this paper we study the main properties of these `curved' harmonic oscillators simultaneously on any such configuration space, using a Cayley-Klein (CK) type approach, with two free parameters $ki,kii$ which altogether correspond to the possible values for curvature and signature type: the generic Riemannian and Lorentzian spaces of constant curvature (sphere $$, hyperbolic plane $$, AntiDeSitter sphere $$ and DeSitter sphere $$) appear in this family, with the Euclidean and Minkowski spaces as flat limits. We solve the equations of motion for the `curved' harmonic oscillator and obtain explicit expressions for the orbits by using three different methods: first by direct integration, second by obtaining the general CK version of the Binet's equation and third, as a consequence of its superintegrable character. The orbits are conics with centre at the potential origin in any CK space, thereby extending this well known Euclidean property to any constant curvature configuration space. The final part of the article, that has a more geometric character, presents those results of the theory of conics on spaces of constant curvature which are pertinent.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0709.2572

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zbMATH Keywords

conics on spaces of constant curvaturecurved harmonic oscillator

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Two-body problems (70F05) Differential geometric methods (tensors, connections, symplectic, Poisson, contact, Riemannian, nonholonomic, etc.) for problems in mechanics (70G45) Lagrange's equations (70H03)

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